ABSTRACT
The question of how managers are located within the occupational and stratification systems of modern industrial societies has provided a major point of sociological debate (Nichols, 1969, esp. Chapter XII; Stanworth and Giddens, 1974, esp. Chapters 1, 4, 5 and 6). This issue has been brought into prominence by evidence suggesting that ‘management’ has grown during this century into an occupation of some significance throughout industrialised societies. It is estimated that in Britain about 1-8 million people occupied managerial jobs in 1971, accounting for 6-2 per cent of total employment (Census 1971, England and Wales).
