organization

(noun)

A group of people or other legal entities with an explicit purpose and written rules.

Related Terms

Examples of organization in the following topics:

  • Formal Structure

    • Formal structure of an organization or group includes a fixed set of rules for intra-organization procedures and structures.
    • Practical experience shows no organization is ever completely rule-bound: all real organizations represent some mix of formal and informal characteristics.
    • Tended effectively, the informal organization complements the more explicit structures, plans, and processes of the formal organization.
    • This deviation was referred to as informal organization.
    • A formal organization is a fixed set of rules of intra-organization procedures and structures.

  • Global Crime

    • Global crime can refer to any organized crime that occurs at an international or transnational level.
    • Transnational organized crime (TOC or transnational crime) is organized crime coordinated across national borders, involving groups or networks of individuals working in more than one country to plan and execute illegal business ventures.
    • This has led to the rise of global criminal organizations such as Mara Salvatrucha and the 18th Street gang.
    • Transnational organized crime is widely opposed on the basis of a number of negative effects.
    • Transnational organized crimes result in interrupting peace and stability of nations worldwide, often using bribery, violence or terror to meet their needs.

  • Hypotheses about the means of two groups

    • Suppose we had the notion that private-for-profit organizations were less likely to actively engage in sharing information with others in their field than were government organizations.
    • We've also used Data>Spreadsheets>Matrix to create a UCINET attribute file "knokegovt" that has a single column dummy code (1 = governmental organization, 0 = non-governmental organization).
    • Let's perform a simple two-sample t-test to determine if the mean degree centrality of government organizations is lower than the mean degree centrality of non-government organizations.
    • We see that the average normed degree centrality of government organizations (75) is 6.481 units higher than the average normed degree centrality of non-governmental organizations (68.519).
    • Test for difference in mean normed degree centrality of Knoke government and non-government organizations

  • Applying Knowledge

    • Students studying sociology can apply their knowledge of inequality and poverty by serving in a number of organizations in the U.S. and around the world.
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    • AmeriCorps helps those in need through organizations such as Habitat for Humanity, the American Red Cross, and Big Brothers Big Sisters.

  • Organized Crime

    • Sometimes criminal organizations force people to do business with them, as when a gang extorts money from shopkeepers for "protection."
    • Gangs may become "disciplined" enough to be considered "organized."
    • An organized gang or criminal set can also be referred to as a mob.
    • Bureaucratic and corporate organized crime groups are defined by the general rigidity of their internal structures.
    • A distinctive gang culture underpins many, but not all, organized groups; this may develop through recruiting strategies, social learning processes in the corrective system experienced by youth, family, or peer involvement in crime, and the coercive actions of criminal authority figures.

  • Social Movements

    • Social movements can advocate for a particular social change, but they can also organize to oppose a social change that is being advocated by another entity.
    • These movements do not have to be formally organized to be considered social movements.
    • Sociologists draw distinctions between social movements and social movement organizations (SMOs).
    • A social movement organization is a formally organized component of a social movement.
    • Discover the difference between social movements and social movement organizations, as well as the four areas social movements operate within

  • The Role of Age

    • Older people are well organized by advocacy groups such as the AARP, which lobby on their behalf.
    • Older people are also more organized, through organizations like the AARP, and they are more likely to vote as a block on issues that affect them directly.
    • The AARP, formerly the American Association of Retired Persons, is a United States-based, non-governmental organization and interest group, founded in 1958.
    • AARP claims around 38 million members, making it one of the largest membership organizations in the United States.
    • Although they tend to be less organized and participate in lower numbers, young people also influence U.S. politics.

  • Mechanical and Organic Solidarity

    • Mechanical and organic solidarity are concepts referring to different modes of establishing and maintaining social order and cohesion.
    • Although individuals perform very different roles in an organization, and often have different values and interests, there is a cohesion that arises from the compartmentalization and specialization woven into "modern" life.
    • Durkheim described two forms of solidarity: mechanical and organic, roughly corresponding to smaller and larger societies.
    • Although individuals perform very different roles in an organization, and they often have different values and interests, there is a cohesion that arises from the compartmentalization and specialization woven into "modern" life.
    • Apply Durkheim's concepts of mechanical and organic solidarity to groups in the real world

  • Informal Structure

    • The informal organization is the aggregate of behaviors, interactions, norms, and personal/professional connections.
    • The informal organization evolves organically in response to changes in the work environment, the flux of people through its porous boundaries, and the complex social dynamics of its members.
    • The nature of the informal organization becomes more distinct when its key characteristics are juxtaposed with those of the formal organization.
    • Second, they provide social status and satisfaction that may not be obtained from the formal organization.
    • In a large organization, a worker may feel like an anonymous number rather than a unique individual.

  • Introduction

    • Social movements do not have to be formally organized.
    • A distinction is drawn between social movements and social movement organizations (SMOs).
    • A social movement organization is a formally organized component of a social movement.