SOC 1010 Lecture Notes - Lecture 12: Social Inequality, Social Mobility, Layer Cake

• School: University of Iowa
• Department: Sociology
• Course: SOC 1010
• Professor: Lovaglia Michael

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Only 8% of the workforce is self-employed. All other workers work for an organization. Walmart employs about 1. 4 million people in the us. The us gov"t. employs about 2. 7 million civilians. State and local gov"t. employs about 20 million. Total number of employed us workers about 140 million. Employment is dominated by relatively few large organizations, while most employers are small. The largest 3% of employing organizations employ over 50% of us workers. Yet over 50% of organizations have fewer than 4 employees. Members of participants: individuals who in return for some inducement make contributions to the organization. Virtually everyone participates in more than 1 organization with varying levels of commitment. All organizations possess technology that allows them to perform. A general education at a good university best serves employees as they advance in educate their members large organizations. System by which a society ranks categories of people in a hierarchy.