February 2002
Beginner to intermediate
240 pages
3h 16m
English
Many of us like to think that status isn’t as important as it was a generation or two ago. We can point to the hippie movement, equal rights legislation, and the recent rapid growth of small entrepreneurial firms as forces that have made organizations more egalitarian. The reality is that we continue to live in an essentially class-structured society.
Despite all attempts to make it more egalitarian, we have made little progress toward a classless society. Even the smallest group will develop roles and rituals to differentiate its members. And we’re finding that even the New Economy organizations adapt mechanisms to create status differences. Take, for instance, e-mail. Here is a communication device ...
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