Uniforms are usually seen as serving several purposes in the educational institutions, workplace and service organisations; mostly it is aimed to provide identity and recognition but in some way achieves more than solving a dilemma of what to wear to work today. The organisations that implement uniforms have several reasons for such practices, this practice embodies more than the norm of the trade.
Usually, by following this practice the organisations realise several important, internal and external, objectives. I have heard an anecdote of a seasoned banking president who used to have his staff buy their suits from only one tailor in the city, he had standardized the cut and allowed several somber color choices for staff members to pick from, the philosophy, as narrated by one of his staff members, was to create a professional look amongst his staff who feels proud of their profession and give out an authoritative vibe to the people who visited their bank. Some other organisations use the uniforms as a symbol of their corporate identity like airlines, hotels, restaurants, enhancing their visibility to the world outside and causing free advertisement of the “brand” they represent. Of course, the attire places the brand at a different level, if you see an air hostess crisply dressed in an elegant outfit the image of the airline by default jumps up a notch. There are several other reasons as to why uniforms could be an appropriate choice like equality and ranking among members of the same organisation, a sign of showing preparedness for work and so on.
Having said all above it does not mean that uniforms do not bring any downsides, the foremost is the monotony that members feel in their lives, wearing the same colours and clothes every day can lead to losing the enthusiasm as envisaged at the time of designing the uniforms. Imagine a person who is not taking good care of his/her attire and creating an image that is contrary to image the organisation is trying to build – this unification as can develop the brand, can also destroy it because of a single person not carrying it appropriately. There are several other possible reasons why uniforms could be detrimental to the cause of equality/corporate image like poor reproduction in repetitive orders by the supplier leading to several shades of the colours/cuts of the outfits that pass for a uniform, instead is an attempt to unify the form failing flagrantly.
Uniforms
are
usually
seen
as serving several purposes in the educational institutions, workplace and service
organisations
;
mostly
it
is aimed
to provide identity and recognition
but
in
some
way achieves more than solving a dilemma of what to wear to work
today
. The
organisations
that implement
uniforms
have several reasons for such practices, this practice embodies more than the norm of the trade.
Usually
, by following this practice the
organisations
realise
several
important
, internal and external, objectives. I have heard an anecdote of a seasoned banking president
who
used
to have his
staff
buy
their suits from
only
one tailor in the city, he had standardized the
cut
and
allowed
several somber color choices for
staff
members
to pick from, the philosophy, as narrated by one of his
staff
members
, was to create a professional look amongst his
staff
who
feels proud of their profession and give out an authoritative vibe to the
people
who
visited their bank.
Some
other
organisations
use
the
uniforms
as a symbol of their corporate identity like airlines, hotels, restaurants, enhancing their visibility to the world outside and causing free
advertisement of
the “brand” they represent.
Of course
, the attire places the brand at a
different
level, if you
see
an air hostess
crisply
dressed in an elegant outfit the
image
of the airline by default jumps up a notch.
There are several other reasons as to why
uniforms
could be an appropriate choice like equality and ranking
among
members
of the same
organisation
, a
sign
of showing preparedness for work and
so
on.
Having said all above it does not mean that
uniforms
do not bring any downsides, the foremost is the monotony that
members
feel in their
lives
, wearing the same
colours
and clothes every day can lead to losing the enthusiasm as envisaged at the time of designing the
uniforms
. Imagine a person
who
is not taking
good
care of his/her attire and creating an
image
that is
contrary to
image
the
organisation
is trying to build
–
this unification as can develop the brand, can
also
destroy
it
because
of a single person not carrying it
appropriately
. There are several other possible reasons why
uniforms
could be detrimental to the cause of equality/corporate
image
like poor reproduction in repetitive orders by the supplier leading to several shades of the
colours
/
cuts
of the outfits that pass for a
uniform
,
instead
is an attempt to unify the form failing
flagrantly
.