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M-Form Society (M型社會) early found in the writings of William Ouchi - ''"The M-Form Society: How American Teamwork Can Recapture the Competitive Edge."''〔Ouchi, William G. ''The M-Form Society: How American Teamwork Can Recapture the Competitive Edge.'' Addison-Wesley. 1984. ISBN 0-201-05533-3.〕 M-shaped Society (M型社會) is a term coined by the Japanese economist and corporate strategist Kenichi Ohmae (大前研一)(1943–). According to his observation, Ohmae argued that the structure of Japanese society has emerged into a 'M-shape' distribution. It refers to a polarized society with the extreme rich and the extreme poor. ==Theory== In a well-developed modern society, the distribution of classes is in a 'normal distribution' pattern, and the middle class forms the bulk of the society. However, in the emergence of the 'M-shape society', the middle class in a society gradually disappears. With the advance and consequence of globalization (for good or bad), the middle class is gradually assimilated into either side. The bulk of society is no longer the middle classes. The name is derived when you chart the class distribution a distinct M-shape is formed to denote the two extremes, with the middle class gradually shrinking and disappearing. Very few people in this middle class may be able to climb up the ladder and be able to be part of the upper class, while most from the middle class will gradually sink to the lower-income group. What is worse, the upward social ladder seems to have disappeared – opportunities and fair competition become fewer and fewer. People in the lower class can no longer climb up the ladder: they cannot earn a high-paid job or have stable employment, even if they have a high level of education. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「M-shaped society」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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