The author begins his article with general discussion of the importance and role of collective working groups in the socialist society. There is especially emphasized the thesis that „collectivity” is a historical process of development of groups of employees taking place in the socialist society. By means of sociological studies carried out in different enterprises in the GDR the author is trying to define factors determining it and degree of implementation in practice of collectivity features in the analyzed working groups. These studies prove that in the German Democratic Republic there is well advanced implementation of the model character of socialist relations of working people. To prove this statement the author quotes among others opinions of workers that good relations between colleagues are indispensable to achieve satisfaction in work and positive appraisal of the place of work. The assessment of these relations depends on the degree of friendliness and matter-of-fact as well as critical climate in the working group An important role in this process is also played by the socialist superior and the political organization — the core of collectivity. When summing up the article, the author presents a list of eight criteria being components of social maturity of the working group.
Profession, as a sociological category, produces far-reaching consequences both in life sphere of an individual and in social life. Proper selection of profession and formation of positive attitudes towards it is of special importance in the socialist society. The article discusses selected problems concerning selection of profession and shaping of attitude to the profession among young people. Surveys conducted among pupils of senior school forms and young workers prove that profession and its selection belong to the most important life problems. Despite that when selecting a profession not all the interviewed possessed full information about it, which also exerts some influence on the fact that fifty per cent of the interviewed admit divergence between their idea of the profession and its real features. In another survey, over a half of those learning a profession state that a given profession was not taken into account at all as a „desirable one”. This situation is determined by numerous factors including among others professional advisory centres, which do not meet the expectations. Parents, friends, and acquaintances continue to exert a decisive influence on decisions concerning selection of a profession and obtaining information about it. Of essential importance for the quality of information is here a profession and education background of those providing information. The author postulates introduction of innovations to the system of vocational advisory services which will allow to bridge the „information gap” about professions and combine subjective needs of young people with interests of the socialist economy.
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