Organizational hierarchy

Is destruction a human quality or is destruction based on gender? The texts Pinhook written by Janisse Ray and the poem “The Bees” by Audre Lorde offer interesting commentaries on this thought. Through the creation of specific power hierarchies and using the binary of submission versus domination in the context of human interactions with nature and interpersonally, the authors provide criticism of inequalities they see in the society around them. Based on the both of the authors’ backgrounds in…

In today’s society, there is common definition of democracy. That democracy is where an individual has the right to life, liberty and happiness. That every individual is equal and no one person can take away their rights. That there is one individual in particular that govern the majority but does not over power them and they are hold on accountability. This is concept pf democracy that majority of the people believe and humbly accepts and lives by. But is this only concept of democracy? If so,…

Chain of Command My company has a very clear and organized chain of command. It is not difficult to determine how the chain of command works. Every employee is expected to follow this command. Overlooking that chain of command often leads to conflict and workplace stress. According to Robbins & Judge, the chain of command “is an unbroken line of authority that extends from the top of the organization to the lowest echelon and clarifies who reports to whom” (2002, p 522). Robbins & Judge further…

Position power or legitimate dominance is essential when discussing the pecking order within any group or organization. In most organizations an order of precedence is valuable in the operations of teams and small groups. A chain-of-command would be necessary when dealing with problems or simple matters which could be handled at the lower level of management. Individual or referent power in group settings are beneficial when the leader is comfortable and able to help the group achieve…

The social hierarchy does not provide a way for those on the bottom to escape the bottom. They remain at the lowest of the low purely because there is profit to be made from the suffering of the inferior. The psychologist John C Turner examined the consistency of one’s identity in a group and its inability to change: “It is the awareness of the existence of categories which generates the in-group response, not necessarily past hostility nor objective conflict. Identity within a group is either…

In literature, authors make use of literary devices in an effort to establish not only the intelligence of the characters being created, but their individual voice as an author. Throughout The Running Man by Stephen King, the author makes use of events, tone, mood, and sentence structure to separate the classes in a dystopian society. One main distinction between these classes however, is the language spoken within each class and is made apparent through varying sentence structures. Through this…

Correct conflict resolution. For effective management of the organization of the manager must be properly resolve conflicts, to find common ground with his staff. Here is one example of the working of the conflict in a small family-type organization. In the current backbone of the business the old-timers, who stood at the very beginning of the company, joins a young relative. He worked for some time to lower management positions, worked well, and it was decided to raise the head of the…

The impact of hierarchy on the social structures and religion of both the Spanish and the Mexica empire before and after contact led to the Spanish conquest of the Mexica empire. Hierarchies were fundamental aspects of both the Spanish and Mexica empires, and permeated through all aspects of society, including religion. When the two groups interacted for the first time, they established a hierarchical relationship with the Spanish being superior to the Mexica. This allowed for the Spanish…

spent his life fighting to improve his life and eventually for those around him as well, much like many African Americans, but was led astray by a society that was built upon limiting people of color in order to keep the whites on top of the social hierarchy. At a very early point in the book, The grandfather reveals a harsh truth to the narrator by revealing the only way to reach equality is by fighting against the corrupt system of society, which creates a conflict throughout the entirety of…

There are many who have gone through great depths to obtain a formal education. Striving through the strenuous institutionalized setting, through lectures, assignments, papers, and examinations, to finally being able to stand under the raining of square caps. But after all, what is this institutionalized setting; what is school? Most may claim that it is an inevitable step: a key to unlock doors and pathways, which would eventually lead one to a promising future. Others may perhaps refer it as a…