Table of Contents
123 relations: Activity theory, Actor–network theory, Advocacy group, Affinity group, Anticipatory socialization, Charitable organization, Clodomir Santos de Morais, Club (organization), Coalition, Collective, Collective intelligence, Committee, Common law, Communication, Company, Competition, Complex system, Complexity theory and organizations, Condorcet's jury theorem, Contingency theory, Cooperative, Corporation, Critical management studies, Critical theory, Decentralized autonomous organization, Degrees of freedom (physics and chemistry), Division of labour, Ecology, Economic sociology, Economics, Economy and Society, Ecoregion, Ecosystem, Educational institution, English in the Commonwealth of Nations, Enterprise architecture, Financial transaction, Formal organization, Frederick Winslow Taylor, Garbage can model, Goal, Government, Group decision-making, GSK plc, Hierarchical organization, History of organizations, Human, Hybrid organization, Incorporation (business), Industrial and organizational psychology, ... Expand index (73 more) »
- Organizations
Activity theory
Activity theory (AT; Теория деятельности) is an umbrella term for a line of eclectic social-sciences theories and research with its roots in the Soviet psychological activity theory pioneered by Sergei Rubinstein in the 1930s.
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Actor–network theory
Actor–network theory (ANT) is a theoretical and methodological approach to social theory where everything in the social and natural worlds exists in constantly shifting networks of relationships.
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Advocacy group
Advocacy groups, also known as lobby groups, interest groups, special interest groups, pressure groups, or public associations, use various forms of advocacy or lobbying to influence public opinion and ultimate public policy.
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Affinity group
An affinity group is a group formed around a shared interest or common goal, to which individuals formally or informally belong.
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Anticipatory socialization
Anticipatory socialization is the process, facilitated by social interactions, in which non-group members learn to take on the values and standards of groups that they aspire to join, so as to ease their entry into the group and help them interact competently once they have been accepted by it.
See Organization and Anticipatory socialization
Charitable organization
A charitable organization or charity is an organization whose primary objectives are philanthropy and social well-being (e.g. educational, religious or other activities serving the public interest or common good).
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Clodomir Santos de Morais
Clodomir Santos de Morais (30 September 1928 – 25 March 2016) was a Brazilian sociologist who originated the Organization Workshop (OW) and the associated Activity-based Large Group Capacitation Method (LGCM).
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Club (organization)
A club is an association of people united by a common interest or goal.
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Coalition
A coalition is formed when two or more people or groups temporarily work together to achieve a common goal.
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Collective
A collective is a group of entities that share or are motivated by at least one common issue or interest or work together to achieve a common objective.
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Collective intelligence
Collective intelligence (CI) is shared or group intelligence (GI) that emerges from the collaboration, collective efforts, and competition of many individuals and appears in consensus decision making.
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Committee
A committee or commission is a body of one or more persons subordinate to a deliberative assembly or other form of organization.
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Common law
Common law (also known as judicial precedent, judge-made law, or case law) is the body of law created by judges and similar quasi-judicial tribunals by virtue of being stated in written opinions.
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Communication
Communication is commonly defined as the transmission of information.
See Organization and Communication
Company
A company, abbreviated as co., is a legal entity representing an association of legal people, whether natural, juridical or a mixture of both, with a specific objective.
Competition
Competition is a rivalry where two or more parties strive for a common goal which cannot be shared: where one's gain is the other's loss (an example of which is a zero-sum game).
See Organization and Competition
Complex system
A complex system is a system composed of many components which may interact with each other.
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Complexity theory and organizations
Complexity theory and organizations, also called complexity strategy or complex adaptive organizations, is the use of the study of complexity systems in the field of strategic management and organizational studies.
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Condorcet's jury theorem
Condorcet's jury theorem is a political science theorem about the relative probability of a given group of individuals arriving at a correct decision.
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Contingency theory
A contingency theory is an organizational theory that claims that there is no best way to organize a corporation, to lead a company, or to make decisions.
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Cooperative
A cooperative (also known as co-operative, co-op, or coop) is "an autonomous association of persons united voluntarily to meet their common economic, social and cultural needs and aspirations through a jointly owned and democratically-controlled enterprise".
See Organization and Cooperative
Corporation
A corporation is an organization—usually a group of people or a company—authorized by the state to act as a single entity (a legal entity recognized by private and public law as "born out of statute"; a legal person in a legal context) and recognized as such in law for certain purposes.
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Critical management studies
Critical management studies (CMS) is a loose but extensive grouping of theoretically informed critiques of management, business and organisation, grounded originally in a critical theory perspective.
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Critical theory
A critical theory is any approach to humanities and social philosophy that focuses on society and culture to attempt to reveal, critique, and challenge power structures.
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Decentralized autonomous organization
A decentralized autonomous organization (DAO), sometimes called a decentralized autonomous corporation (DAC), is an organization managed in whole or in part by decentralized computer program, with voting and finances handled through a blockchain.
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Degrees of freedom (physics and chemistry)
In physics and chemistry, a degree of freedom is an independent physical parameter in the formal description of the state of a physical system.
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Division of labour
The division of labour is the separation of the tasks in any economic system or organisation so that participants may specialise (specialisation).
See Organization and Division of labour
Ecology
Ecology is the natural science of the relationships among living organisms, including humans, and their physical environment.
Economic sociology
Economic sociology is the study of the social cause and effect of various economic phenomena.
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Economics
Economics is a social science that studies the production, distribution, and consumption of goods and services.
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Economy and Society
Economy and Society: An Outline of Interpretive Sociology (1921;; or simply Economy and Society) is a book by political economist and sociologist Max Weber, published posthumously in Germany by his wife Marianne.
See Organization and Economy and Society
Ecoregion
An ecoregion (ecological region) is an ecologically and geographically defined area that is smaller than a bioregion, which in turn is smaller than a biogeographic realm.
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Ecosystem
An ecosystem (or ecological system) is a system that environments and their organisms form through their interaction.
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Educational institution
An educational institution is a place where people of different ages gain an education, including preschools, childcare, primary-elementary schools, secondary-high schools, and universities.
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English in the Commonwealth of Nations
The use of the English language in current and former member countries of the Commonwealth of Nations was largely inherited from British colonisation, with some exceptions.
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Enterprise architecture
Enterprise architecture (EA) is a business function concerned with the structures and behaviours of a business, especially business roles and processes that create and use business data.
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Financial transaction
A financial transaction is an agreement, or communication, between a buyer and seller to exchange goods, services, or assets for payment.
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Formal organization
A formal organization is an organization with a fixed set of rules of intra-organization procedures and structures.
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Frederick Winslow Taylor
Frederick Winslow Taylor (March 20, 1856 – March 21, 1915) was an American mechanical engineer.
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Garbage can model
The garbage can model (also known as garbage can process, or garbage can theory) describes the chaotic reality of organizational decision making in an organized anarchy.
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Goal
A goal or objective is an idea of the future or desired result that a person or a group of people envision, plan, and commit to achieve.
Government
A government is the system or group of people governing an organized community, generally a state.
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Group decision-making
Group decision-making (also known as collaborative decision-making or collective decision-making) is a situation faced when individuals collectively make a choice from the alternatives before them.
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GSK plc
GSK plc (an acronym from its former name GlaxoSmithKline plc) is a British multinational pharmaceutical and biotechnology company with global headquarters in London.
Hierarchical organization
A hierarchical organization or hierarchical organisation (see spelling differences) is an organizational structure where every entity in the organization, except one, is subordinate to a single other entity.
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History of organizations
The history of organizations describes the general history of the rise of the organization. Organization and history of organizations are organizations.
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Human
Humans (Homo sapiens, meaning "thinking man") or modern humans are the most common and widespread species of primate, and the last surviving species of the genus Homo.
Hybrid organization
A hybrid organization is an organization that mixes elements, value systems and action logics (e.g. social impact and profit generation) of various sectors of society, i.e. the public sector, the private sector and the voluntary sector.
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Incorporation (business)
Incorporation is the formation of a new corporation.
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Industrial and organizational psychology
Industrial and organizational psychology (I-O psychology) "focuses the lens of psychological science on a key aspect of human life, namely, their work lives.
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Informal organization
The informal organization is the interlocking social structure that governs how people work together in practice.
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Institution
An institution is a humanly devised structure of rules and norms that shape and constrain social behavior.
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International organization
An international organization, also known as an intergovernmental organization or an international institution, is an organization that is established by a treaty or other type of instrument governed by international law and possesses its own legal personality, such as the United Nations, the World Health Organization, International Union for Conservation of Nature, and NATO.
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Jack Knight (political scientist)
Jack Knight (born July 13, 1952) is a political scientist and legal theorist.
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Jury
A jury is a sworn body of people (jurors) convened to hear evidence, make findings of fact, and render an impartial verdict officially submitted to them by a court, or to set a penalty or judgment.
Laurence J. Peter
Laurence Johnston Peter (September 16, 1919 – January 12, 1990) was a Canadian educator and "hierarchiologist" who is best known to the general public for the formulation of the Peter principle.
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Leadership
Leadership, both as a research area and as a practical skill, encompasses the ability of an individual, group, or organization to "", influence, or guide other individuals, teams, or entire organizations.
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Legal person
In law, a legal person is any person or 'thing' (less ambiguously, any legal entity) that can do the things a human person is usually able to do in law – such as enter into contracts, sue and be sued, own property, and so on.
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Legitimation
Legitimation, legitimization (US), or legitimisation (UK) is the act of providing legitimacy.
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List of designated terrorist groups
Several national governments and two international organizations have created lists of organizations that they designate as terrorist.
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List of environmental organizations
An environmental organization is an organization coming out of the conservation or environmental movements that seeks to protect, analyse or monitor the environment against misuse or degradation from human forces.
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List of general fraternities
A fraternity or fraternal organization is an organized society of men associated together in an environment of companionship and brotherhood; dedicated to the intellectual, physical, and social development of its members.
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List of international professional associations
This is a list of notable professional associations which are international organizations.
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List of pacifist organisations
A Pacifist organization promotes the pacifist principle of renouncing war and violence for political ends.
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List of trade unions
This is a list of trade unions and union federations by country.
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Management
Management (or managing) is the administration of organizations, whether they are a business, a nonprofit organization, or a government body through business administration, nonprofit management, or the political science sub-field of public administration respectively.
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Management science
Management science (or managerial science) is a wide and interdisciplinary study of solving complex problems and making strategic decisions as it pertains to institutions, corporations, governments and other types of organizational entities.
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Manifesto
A manifesto is a written declaration of the intentions, motives, or views of the issuer, be it an individual, group, political party, or government.
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Maturity model
A maturity model is a framework for measuring an organization's maturity, or that of a business function within an organization, with maturity being defined as a measurement of the ability of an organization for continuous improvement in a particular discipline (as defined in O-ISM3). The higher the maturity, the higher will be the chances that incidents or errors will lead to improvements either in the quality or in the use of the resources of the discipline as implemented by the organization.
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Max Weber
Maximilian Karl Emil Weber (21 April 186414 June 1920) was a German sociologist, historian, jurist, and political economist who was one of the central figures in the development of sociology and the social sciences more generally.
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Military
A military, also known collectively as an armed forces, are a heavily armed, highly organized force primarily intended for warfare.
Mission statement
A mission statement is a short statement of why an organization exists, what its overall goal is, the goal of its operations: what kind of product or service it provides, its primary customers or market, and its geographical region of operation.
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Modernity
Modernity, a topic in the humanities and social sciences, is both a historical period (the modern era) and the ensemble of particular socio-cultural norms, attitudes and practices that arose in the wake of the Renaissancein the Age of Reason of 17th-century thought and the 18th-century Enlightenment.
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Multidimensional organization
A multidimensional organization is an organization that pursues its objectives simultaneously through multiple dimensions (product, region, account, market segment).
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Mutual organization
A mutual organization, also mutual society or simply mutual, is an organization (which is often, but not always, a company or business) based on the principle of mutuality and governed by private law.
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Non-governmental organization
A non-governmental organization (NGO) (see spelling differences) is an organization that generally is formed independent from government.
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Nonprofit corporation
A nonprofit corporation is any legal entity which has been incorporated under the law of its jurisdiction for purposes other than making profits for its owners or shareholders.
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Organ (biology)
In a multicellular organism, an organ is a collection of tissues joined in a structural unit to serve a common function.
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Organization studies
Organization studies (also called organization science or organizational studies) is the academic field interested in a collective activity, and how it relates to organization, organizing, and management.
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Organization workshop
The Organization workshop (OW) – or "Laboratorio Organizacional" (LO) in both Portuguese and Spanish – is a CHAT-based learning event where participants master new organizational as well as social knowledge and skills through a learning-by-doing approach.
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Organizational behavior
Organizational behavior or organisational behaviour (see spelling differences) is the "study of human behavior in organizational settings, the interface between human behavior and the organization, and the organization itself".
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Organizational communication
Within the realm of communication studies, organizational communication is a field of study surrounding all areas of communication and information flow that contribute to the functioning of an organization.
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Organizational structure
An organizational structure defines how activities such as task allocation, coordination, and supervision are directed toward the achievement of organizational aims.
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Organized crime
Organized crime is a category of transnational, national, or local group of centralized enterprises run to engage in illegal activity, most commonly for profit.
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Parliament
In modern politics, and history, a parliament is a legislative body of government.
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Partnership
A partnership is an agreement where parties agree to cooperate to advance their mutual interests.
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Person
A person (people or persons, depending on context) is a being who has certain capacities or attributes such as reason, morality, consciousness or self-consciousness, and being a part of a culturally established form of social relations such as kinship, ownership of property, or legal responsibility.
Peter principle
The Peter principle is a concept in management developed by Laurence J. Peter which observes that people in a hierarchy tend to rise to "a level of respective incompetence": employees are promoted based on their success in previous jobs until they reach a level at which they are no longer competent, as skills in one job do not necessarily translate to another.
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Pharmaceutical industry
The pharmaceutical industry is an industry involved in medicine that discovers, develops, produces, and markets pharmaceutical goods for use as drugs that function by being administered to (or self-administered by) patients using such medications with the goal of curing and/or preventing disease (as well as possibly alleviating symptoms of illness and/or injury).
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Polisario Front
The Polisario Front, Frente Polisario, Frelisario or simply Polisario (from the Spanish acronym of Frente Popular de Liberación de Saguía el Hamra y Río de Oro), is a rebel Sahrawi nationalist liberation movement claiming Western Sahara.
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Political organisation
A political organization is any organization that involves itself in the political process, including political parties, non-governmental organizations, and special interest advocacy groups.
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Political science
Political science is the scientific study of politics.
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Principal–agent problem
The principal–agent problem refers to the conflict in interests and priorities that arises when one person or entity (the "agent") takes actions on behalf of another person or entity (the "principal").
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Private sector
The private sector is the part of the economy which is owned by private groups, usually as a means of establishment for profit or non profit, rather than being owned by the government.
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Product (business)
In marketing, a product is an object, or system, or service made available for consumer use as of the consumer demand; it is anything that can be offered to a market to satisfy the desire or need of a customer.
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Profit (accounting)
Profit, in accounting, is an income distributed to the owner in a profitable market production process (business).
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Psychology
Psychology is the scientific study of mind and behavior.
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Public sector
The public sector, also called the state sector, is the part of the economy composed of both public services and public enterprises.
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Pyramid
A pyramid is a structure whose visible surfaces are triangular in broad outline and converge toward the top, making the appearance roughly a pyramid in the geometric sense.
Raymond Hull
Raymond Hull (27 February 1919 – 7 June 1985) was an England-born Canadian playwright, television screenwriter, and lecturer.
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Requisite organization
Requisite organization (RO) is a term and methodology developed by Elliott Jaques and Kathryn Cason as a result of the research in stratified systems theory, general theory of bureaucracy, work complexity and human capability over 60 years.
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Resistance movement
A resistance movement are Political Movements that tries to resist or overthrow a government or an occupying power, causing disruption and unrest in civil order and stability.
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Robert's Rules of Order
Robert's Rules of Order, often simply referred to as Robert's Rules, is a manual of parliamentary procedure by U.S. Army officer Henry Martyn Robert.
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Ronald Coase
Ronald Harry Coase (29 December 1910 – 2 September 2013) was a British economist and author.
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Satire
Satire is a genre of the visual, literary, and performing arts, usually in the form of fiction and less frequently non-fiction, in which vices, follies, abuses, and shortcomings are held up to ridicule, often with the intent of exposing or shaming the perceived flaws of individuals, corporations, government, or society itself into improvement.
Scientific management
Scientific management is a theory of management that analyzes and synthesizes workflows.
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Secret society
A secret society is an organization about which the activities, events, inner functioning, or membership are concealed.
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Service club
A service club or service organization is a voluntary nonprofit organization where members meet regularly to perform charitable works either by direct hands-on efforts or by raising money for other organizations.
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Size of groups, organizations, and communities
Size (the number of people involved) is an important characteristic of the groups, organizations, and communities in which social behavior occurs.
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Social entrepreneurship
Social entrepreneurship is an approach by individuals, groups, start-up companies or entrepreneurs, in which they develop, fund and implement solutions to social, cultural, or environmental issues.
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Social group
In the social sciences, a social group is 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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Social relation
A social relation is the fundamental unit of analysis within the social sciences, and describes any voluntary or involuntary interpersonal relationship between two or more individuals within and/or between groups.
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Sociology
Sociology is the scientific study of human society that focuses on society, human social behavior, patterns of social relationships, social interaction, and aspects of culture associated with everyday life.
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Southern Christian Leadership Conference
The Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC) is an African-American civil rights organization based in Atlanta, Georgia.
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Strategic management
In the field of management, strategic management involves the formulation and implementation of the major goals and initiatives taken by an organization's managers on behalf of stakeholders, based on consideration of resources and an assessment of the internal and external environments in which the organization operates.
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Structural functionalism
Structural functionalism, or simply functionalism, is "a framework for building theory that sees society as a complex system whose parts work together to promote solidarity and stability".
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Structure
A structure is an arrangement and organization of interrelated elements in a material object or system, or the object or system so organized.
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The Guardian
The Guardian is a British daily newspaper.
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The New Palgrave Dictionary of Economics
The New Palgrave Dictionary of Economics (2018), 3rd ed., is a twenty-volume reference work on economics published by Palgrave Macmillan.
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Umbrella organization
An umbrella organization is an association of (often related, industry-specific) institutions who work together formally to coordinate activities and/or pool resources.
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Voluntary association
A voluntary group or union (also sometimes called a voluntary organization, common-interest association, association, or society) is a group of individuals who enter into an agreement, usually as volunteers, to form a body (or organization) to accomplish a purpose.
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Work (human activity)
Work or labour (or labor in American English) is the intentional activity people perform to support the needs and wants of themselves, others, or a wider community.
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Workflow
Workflow is a generic term for orchestrated and repeatable patterns of activity, enabled by the systematic organization of resources into processes that transform materials, provide services, or process information.
See also
Organizations
- History of organizations
- Humanist associations
- Organization
- Organizational culture
- Organizational theory
References
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