Karl Marx’s theory regarding alienation describes the estrangement of people from aspects of
their human nature as consequence of division of labor and social classes in society. With this
understanding, in order to have a dis-alienated environment within a work place or specifically in
a university, there is a need to overcome such factors that cause alienation. First, to ensure that
the hierarchy within the school, both in school staff – university president all the way through a
housekeeping member and students – seniors to freshmen, will not lead to alienation, there
should be common values that are highly prioritized to attain a unified objective. Every member
of the university disregarding his/her role, should feel inferior to another with respect being
maintained. This involves transparent communication, employees and students’ recognition. In
this way, a harmonious environment can be attained which has the tendency to be directly
proportional to productivity and growth of an institution. Second, every member of the
institution should not feel that they are just doing labor for just a sole purpose of doing a task.
Instead, they should feel that they are putting in work not just to fulfill a gap, but create a bridge
towards a meaningful future. For example, if the president of a university exhibits ideal values
among his/her staff, there will be a tendency that those staff would also exhibit the same traits,
thus holistic effort can be seen in one’s work. This idea is almost the same with chain reaction.
From the head of the institution, to its colleagues – teachers, and lastly to students, who are in the
future will voluntarily reciprocate and value the labor dedicated to them, whether directly
towards the institution or towards the society.