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What are the characteristics of social institutions?

What are the characteristics of social institutions?

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Lellah
- Has clear-cut division of labour; among various positions and officials.

- Authority is arranged in a hierarchy.

- The rules and regulations are enacted to govern official

- Employment is based on merit i.e. one has to possess the required skills and meet the required
criteria to be employed or to be a member.

- Well defined guidelines of promotion and/ or advancement within that same organization.

- Well defined population or groups of people. However this population may not be permanent as it
were.

- Have well defined goals i.e. answer the question: For what purpose was it set up?

- Members of a social class organization are impersonal and objective when dealing with other members of the organization at official level.
Lellah answered the question on July 6, 2021 at 06:43

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