labor hierarchy

Examples of labor hierarchy in the following topics:

• Importance of Division of Labor

  • Division of labor is the specialization of cooperative labor in specific, circumscribed tasks and roles.
  • An example of the division of labor in the workplace is how workers at a candy factory have very particular tasks.
  • Now that labor has been specialized not just nationally but globally, people often wonder what type of division of labor would be the most beautiful, fair, ideal, and efficient.
  • Labor hierarchy is a very common feature of the modern workplace structure, but of course, the way these hierarchies are structured can be influenced by a variety of factors.
  • Examine how the division of labor can lead to alienation and less satisfaction in the workforce

• The Division of Labor

  • Division of labor is the specialization of cooperative labor in specific, circumscribed tasks and similar roles.
  • An assembly line is an example of the division of labor.
  • Division of labor is the specialization of cooperative labor in specific, circumscribed tasks and roles.
  • In view of the global extremes of the division of labor, the question is often raised about what manner of division of labor would be ideal, most efficient, and most just.
  • Labor hierarchy is a very common feature of the modern workplace structure, but the structure of these hierarchies can be influenced by a variety of factors.

• The Four Social Revolutions

  • In a pastoralist society, there is an increased likelihood of surplus food, which, in turn, often results in greater population densities and the development of both social hierarchies and divisions of labor.
  • Horticulture relies solely on human labor for crop cultivation.
  • These include improved methods of food stores, labor specialization, advanced technology, hierarchical social structures, inequality, and standing armies.
  • Like agrarian societies, industrial societies lead to even greater food surpluses, resulting in even more developed social hierarchies and an even more complex division of labor.
  • The industrial division of labor, one of the most notable characteristics of this societal type, in many cases leads to a restructuring of social relations.

• Global Stratification and Inequality

  • Stratification results in inequality when resources, opportunities, and privileges are distributed based on position in social hierarchy.
  • While India provides cheap labor to foreign corporations, however, it also uses cheaper labor from poorer nearby nations as it develops its own industry, showing that it benefits from its semiperipheral position in the global hierarchy.
  • While India provides cheap labor to foreign corporations, however, it also uses cheaper labor from poorer nearby nations as it develops its own industry, showing that it benefits from its semiperipheral position in the global hierarchy.
  • Lastly, world systems theory suggests that all countries are divided into a three-tier hierarchy based on their relationship to the global economy, and that a country's position in this hierarchy determines its own economic development.
  • According to world systems theory as articulated by sociologist Immanuel Wallerstein, core countries are at the top of the global hierarchy as they can extract material resources and labor from less developed countries.

• The Lower Class

  • The lower class consists of those at the bottom of the socioeconomic hierarchy who have low education, low income, and low status jobs.
  • The lower class in the United States refers to individuals who are at, or near, the lower end of the socioeconomic hierarchy.
  • When used by social scientists, the lower class is typically defined as service employees, low-level manual laborers, and the unemployed.
  • Those who do not participate in the labor force, and who rely on public assistance, such as food stamps and welfare checks, as their main source of income, are commonly identified as members of the underclass, or, colloquially, the poor.

• World-Systems Theory

  • The United States is an example of a core country -- it has vast amounts of capital and labor is relatively well compensated.
  • According to Wallerstein, the world economic system is divided into a hierarchy of three types of countries: core, semiperipheral, and peripheral.
  • Core countries are capital intensive, have high wages and high technology production patterns and lower amounts of labor exploitation and coercion.
  • Peripheral countries generally provide labor and materials to core countries.
  • The wealthy in peripheral countries benefit from the labor of poor workers and from their own economic relations with core country capitalists.

• The Status of Women in Mexico

  • For example, some critics suggest that Mexican farm laborers are exposed to pesticides that are banned in many developed nations.
  • For example, some critics suggest that Mexican farm laborers are exposed to pesticides that are banned in many developed nations.
  • Social stratification, or the grouping of individuals into a hierarchy based on socioeconomic status, is highly present in Mexico and can be traced back to the colonial period.
  • Though this slightly reduced the gap between the wealthy and the poor, land ownership continued to be a main source of wealth for Mexicans, and it dictated the hierarchy of wealth distribution amongst the population.
  • Unemployment, or the rate of potential members of the labor force who are unable to find or maintain employment, has been at continuously high levels in Mexico.

• Stratification

  • While India provides cheap labor to foreign corporations, however, it also uses cheaper labor from poorer nearby nations as it develops its own industry, showing that it benefits from its semiperipheral position in the global hierarchy.
  • Inequality occurs when a person's position in the social hierarchy is tied to different access to resources.
  • Lastly, world systems theory suggests that all countries are divided into a three-tier hierarchy based on their relationship to the global economy, and that a country's position in this hierarchy determines its own economic development.

• Class

  • Social class refers to the grouping of individuals in a stratified social hierarchy, usually based on wealth, education, and occupation.
  • Social class refers to the grouping of individuals into positions on a stratified social hierarchy.
  • In Marxist theory, the class structure of the capitalist mode of production is characterized by two main classes: the bourgeoisie, or the capitalists who own the means of production, and the much larger proletariat (or working class) who must sell their own labor power for wages.
  • Weber introduced three independent factors that form his theory of stratification hierarchy: class, status, and power: class is person's economic position in a society; status is a person's prestige, social honor, or popularity in a society; power is a person's ability to get his way despite the resistance of others.

• Global Inequality

  • Also, wealthy countries increased their own profits by organizing cheap labor through slavery.
  • The world economy is a system divided into a hierarchy of three types of countries: core, semiperipheral, and peripheral.
  • Semiperipheral countries generally provide labor and materials to core countries.
  • The wealthy in peripheral countries benefit from the labor of poor workers and from their own economic relations with core country capitalists.
  • TNCs continue to take materials and cheap labor from underdeveloped countries.