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Action group (sociology)

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In sociology and anthropology, an action group or task group is a group of people joined temporarily to accomplish some task or take part in some organized collective action. [1]

18 relations: Annual general meeting, Anthropology, Antonio Guiteras, Australian Shareholders Association, Board of directors, Collective action, Fidel Castro, Government, Identity (social science), Institutional investor, Nationalisation of Northern Rock, Public company, Railtrack, Rolando Masferrer, Sōkaiya, Shareholder, Social group, Sociology.

Annual general meeting

An annual general meeting (commonly abbreviated as AGM, also known as the annual meeting) is a meeting of the general membership of an organization.

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Anthropology

Anthropology is the study of humans and human behaviour and societies in the past and present.

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Antonio Guiteras

Antonio Guiteras y Holmes (22 November 1906 in Bala Cynwyd, Pennsylvania, USA – 8 May 1935 in Matanzas, Cuba) was a leading politician in Cuba during the 1930s.

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Australian Shareholders Association

The Australian Shareholders' Association (ASA) is an independent, member-funded, not-for-profit organisation that has grown to be the major autonomous body representing Australian retail investors.

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Board of directors

A board of directors is a recognized group of people who jointly oversee the activities of an organization, which can be either a for-profit business, nonprofit organization, or a government agency.

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Collective action

Collective action refers to action taken together by a group of people whose goal is to enhance their status and achieve a common objective.

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Fidel Castro

Fidel Alejandro Castro Ruz (August 13, 1926 – November 25, 2016) was a Cuban communist revolutionary and politician who governed the Republic of Cuba as Prime Minister from 1959 to 1976 and then as President from 1976 to 2008.

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Government

A government is the system or group of people governing an organized community, often a state.

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Identity (social science)

In psychology, identity is the qualities, beliefs, personality, looks and/or expressions that make a person (self-identity) or group (particular social category or social group).

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Institutional investor

An institutional investor is an entity which pools money to purchase securities, real property, and other investment assets or originate loans.

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Nationalisation of Northern Rock

In 2008 the Northern Rock bank was nationalised by the British Labour Government, due to financial problems caused by the subprime mortgage crisis.

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Public company

A public company, publicly traded company, publicly held company, publicly listed company, or public corporation is a corporation whose ownership is dispersed among the general public in many shares of stock which are freely traded on a stock exchange or in over the counter markets.

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Railtrack

Railtrack was a group of companies that owned the track, signalling, tunnels, bridges, level crossings and all but a handful of the stations of the British railway system from 1994 until 2002.

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Rolando Masferrer

Rolando Arcadio Masferrer Rojas (1918–1975), born in Holguín, July 12, 1918, in former Oriente Province, better known simply as Rolando Masferrer, was a Cuban henchman, lawyer, congressman, newspaper publisher and a political activist.

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Sōkaiya

(sometimes also translated as corporate bouncers, meeting-men, or corporate blackmailers) are specialized racketeers unique to Japan, and often associated with the yakuza, who extort money from or blackmail companies by threatening to publicly humiliate companies and their management, usually in their.

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Shareholder

A shareholder or stockholder is an individual or institution (including a corporation) that legally owns one or more shares of stock in a public or private corporation.

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Social group

In the social sciences, a social group has been defined as two or more people who interact with one another, share similar characteristics, and collectively have a sense of unity.

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Sociology

Sociology is the scientific study of society, patterns of social relationships, social interaction, and culture.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Action_group_(sociology)

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