Essays on Occupational Group

In his work “Division of labor in Society”, Emile Durkheim discusses the role of occupational groups in the contemporary social order. The occupational practices in Durkheim stress on self-organizing constitutive practices that present a vision of a modern and differentiated society that can be strong, flexible and egalitarian (Durkheim, 2). The practices support individual freedom and equality between individuals and also facilitating coherence and social solidarity without exerting constraint or authority. Durkheim also stresses the constitutive practices to clarify and underscore the essential role played by the constitutive practices in differentiated modern contexts of occupations and work. Durkheim is a conservative thinker. ...

Abstract

First responders who are also referred to as emergency medical personnel are often considered as a high risk occupational group due to fact that they face a wide range of mental and health consequences because of the exposure to various critical incidents. If first responders are affected by such things, it becomes almost impossible for them to perform their jobs to the best of their ability. Therefore, there is a great need for intervention procedures to initiate for first responders to ensure that they are not affected by the exposure to critical incidents. These interventions should be designed to ensure that even ...

Division of labour by Emile Durkheim

Emile Durkheim was a notable French sociologist who wrote extensively on the works of human behavior. However, his most recognizable work was on division of labour, and how the society as a whole, is involved on the whole topic of division of labour. For the purpose of this essay, I will discuss in details the conception of occupational practices and demonstrate how their constitutive rule character, which creates social coordination, which is necessary to have social facts in common. It is important to note that economic life through division of labour cannot be regulated or controlled by any outside force such ...