The middle class is the class in between the wealthy upper class, and the poorer working class. There are four main types of middle class identities. These are Professionals, Managers, self employees and White-collar/clerical workers. Savage did research into these different identities. Professionals are described by Savage as having an intellectual identity, this is from a successful education.
Prestige can also come from other sources, such as athletic or intellectual ability. In those instances, prestige can lead to property, if people are willing to pay for access to prestige. For Weber, wealth and prestige are intertwined. Power and Wealth Weber believed that social class is also a result of power, which is merely the ability of an individual to get his or her way, despite opposition. Wealthy people tend to be more powerful than poor people, and power can come from an individual’s prestige.
While Weber argued that class was created according to an individual's own abilities and skills and through this they would be rewarded by their income and status. His approach was more individualistic and allowed for a more flexible and less rigid class structure. Using these theories the modern social group known as celebrities will be explored, showing that this group has not fully been adopted under Marx's rigid class structure, but has more in common with Weber's theory of a combination of income and status to determine class. Karl Marx argued there are two major social classes, the ruling class who own the means of production and the subject class, who don't own the means of production and are a diverse group of people controlled by and working for the ruling class. These two groups are better known as the bourgeoisie and proletariat.
CSR plays an important role in world of business as it implies to do well by doing good. A large number of multinational units have set global standards, in which same technology is used throughout the world. This helps to create a strategic advantage as well as also serves to elevate the technological expectations. The CSR initiatives not only help in creating awareness and education, but it also helps in ensuring the growth of middle class people. Some of the companies make use of it by expansion of their consumer base in rural as well as urban areas.
Is Inequality Meritocratic? Meritocracy is where social positions are filled according to an individual’s merit. Merit often refers to an individual’s talents, abilities, effort and choices that are seen to be either in high demand or deemed worthy. Around the world, many countries believe that societies should enable people to have equal chances to develop their potential. This was built on the idea of human dignity or respect for people which slowly unfolded with the liberal revolutions in Britain.
In social capital research, scholars typically assume a connection between networks and norms, and argue that increase in social capital produce positive outcome, though not always but often (Horne 2007). Since norms are formed and maintained by networks of interpersonal interactions beyond agreements (Friedkin 2001), they will form a strong influence on group-based behaviour and are difficult to change (Parks 2011). Hence in various instances, norms are seen as basis of building and maintaining personalised trust, and also to define what actions are acceptable or unacceptable (Lyon 2000) - providing a social standard of behaviour that drives the coordination for individuals during conflict situations (Fujiwara and Postlewaite 1995). Thus, norms are more precisely described as: (i) a behavioural regularity (Coleman 1990; Horne 2001) (ii) It is based on a socially shared belief how one ought to behave, which triggers (iii) the enforcement of the prescribed behaviour by informal social sanctions (Fehr and Gachter 1998; 2000). In nutshell, norms are rules about the behaviour that are enforced through social sanctions affecting the people behaviour (Coleman 1990; Horne 2001).
According to Max Weber, “class”, or what he termed as “class situation”, was characterized by the following: “(1) a number of people have in common a specific causal component of their life chance, insofar as (2) this component is represented exclusively by economic interests in the possession of goods and opportunities for income, and (3) is represented under the conditions of the commodity or labor markets.”(161). In this case, the “specific casual component” that Weber is referring to is wealth, which then results in the ownership of property. Consequently, giving the wealthy an opportunity to gain “capital” and acquire control over the least fortunate. Weber did a good job at providing examples to show how this came about. He mentioned traders not being able to hold on to their goods so they were able to negotiate better prices.
A functionalist perspective on class stratification. Class stratification is a universal concept that is measured upon a hierarchy, a three tier system, upper, middle and lower class. Each social class has its own society of people who share similar economic positions, occupation, education and wealth. All societies are increasingly diverse and have their own inequalities, the three main inequalities in each society would be privilege, prestige and power. These three main p’s would determine where a person would fit into the social hierarchy.
There will also be meaningful participation from these employees which will assist in attaining the expected outcomes and there will also be some secondary gains. These gains will involve growth, understanding and the development of these employees into future leaders. Thereby resulting in the creation of the organization’s succession plan. There is also the added advantage of creating leaders from these employees whose learning curve is off such that it allows the leader of the organization to be delegate some his responsibilities. Hence his actions will be not only result in benefits for the organization but will be beneficial for him.
Attraction doesnt necessarliy have to be the outter appearence it could be based on other things about a person. In general we like people who are socially skilled, intelligent, and competent. The type of competence depends on the type of relationship that is being pursued. Being attractive is important now days because it affects people’s interpersonal relationships and workplace experiences. Attractive people are able to have many advantages and positive outcomes, such as having more popularity, greater confidence, more dating opportunities, more promotional chances, and higher salaries.