Karl Marx Alienation Of Labour
Alienated Labour
Objective:
The objective of this paper is to explain Karl Marx’s theory of alienation of Labor as well as apply this theory to the sociological principles of Bureaucracy, scientific management, and the division of labor.
Alienation of Labor:
Karl Marx’s theory of the alienation of labor is a concise sociological read that describes how workers are actually separated from their individual labor. One example Marx uses for workers is that they are basically commodities for a company and that the more the worker produces the poorer the work becomes. Many people may believe that the alienation refers to a man’s work however Marx describes …show more content…
Bureaucracy is based on a hierarchal system for work flow. Basically there is one or two people at the top of a “Pyramid” for the company. They control what all of the workers do through middle management. Middle Management acts as the middle of the “pyramid” by implementing whatever rules and regulations that the people at the top push down. The bottom of the “pyramid” is represented by the workers, these are the employees at the bottom who do all of the work presented to them from the people above them in the “pyramid”. With that being said, the worker gets paid less as well as has no idea as to why or how they are doing the work. Most of the work for them is repetitive in nature so they are not allowed to use any creativity in the process. In a bureaucracy officials are put in place to be able to conduct business for whatever the company or process is. One system that we all know about is the United States Government. We have a president who oversees a cabinet which is made up of senators those senators manage state governors, the governors manage the mayors of the cities and the list goes on and on. One thing that I have noticed about a bureaucracy is that it is also a checks and balances system in place for every decision made.
Alienation and the fundamentals of scientific
Objective:
The objective of this paper is to explain Karl Marx’s theory of alienation of Labor as well as apply this theory to the sociological principles of Bureaucracy, scientific management, and the division of labor.
Alienation of Labor:
Karl Marx’s theory of the alienation of labor is a concise sociological read that describes how workers are actually separated from their individual labor. One example Marx uses for workers is that they are basically commodities for a company and that the more the worker produces the poorer the work becomes. Many people may believe that the alienation refers to a man’s work however Marx describes …show more content…
Bureaucracy is based on a hierarchal system for work flow. Basically there is one or two people at the top of a “Pyramid” for the company. They control what all of the workers do through middle management. Middle Management acts as the middle of the “pyramid” by implementing whatever rules and regulations that the people at the top push down. The bottom of the “pyramid” is represented by the workers, these are the employees at the bottom who do all of the work presented to them from the people above them in the “pyramid”. With that being said, the worker gets paid less as well as has no idea as to why or how they are doing the work. Most of the work for them is repetitive in nature so they are not allowed to use any creativity in the process. In a bureaucracy officials are put in place to be able to conduct business for whatever the company or process is. One system that we all know about is the United States Government. We have a president who oversees a cabinet which is made up of senators those senators manage state governors, the governors manage the mayors of the cities and the list goes on and on. One thing that I have noticed about a bureaucracy is that it is also a checks and balances system in place for every decision made.
Alienation and the fundamentals of scientific