Preference is prevalent everywhere in a society. From selecting our clothes to eating habits to making friendship, we are choosy. As such, preference is materialistic as well as non-materialistic. The more affluent a society is, the more it rides on preference. It can be said that preference is a very basic social habit. In the post-industrial era, organizations have become an inseparable part of the society. Again, there are many instances where a society is formed when organizations have started their operations in a region. Naturally, social behavior determines organizational behavior in many aspects. society, social, discrimination, organization, behavior, subordinate, degrades, deprived, determines, Discrimination, Preferring
individuals with any motive is nothing but favoring them on various matters over
the other members of the group. This is undoubtedly a type of discrimination drawing
a thick line of separation between the members who benefit from this advantage
and those who are deprived of these. Such type of discrimination could be called
"Preference Discrimination". This is a very common social practice,
which seeps into organizational system through its members who are of course members
of society first.
According
to Darwin's theory on the origin of species—the fittest lives on earth survive
while the weaker ones slowly become extinct. At the same time, Darwin opined that
struggle for existence was always there and different species would always struggle
to establish themselves. These two basic characteristics of the living world are
applicable to all species including plants and the lowest of animals. Humans are
no exception in this matter. A person naturally wants to establish his smooth
sailing existence. Whatever he does, directly or indirectly promulgates the notion
that his `family tree' should receive the best of the world. In order to survive
as the `fittest' human being, he prefers the `best' people who he thinks are capable
enough to support him to become the fittest human being among his competitors.
That is to say, it is very natural for a person to `prefer' one to another. |
