Anonymous agencies, backstreet businesses, and covert collectives : rethinking organizations in the 21st century / Craig R. Scott.

By:

Scott, Craig R. (Craig Richard) [author.]

Material type: Text

TextPublisher: Stanford, California : Stanford Business Books, an imprint of Stanford University Press, 2013Description: 1 online resource (xiii, 256 pages)Content type:

text

Media type:

computer

Carrier type:

online resource

ISBN:

0804785635
9780804785631

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Additional physical formats: Print version:: Anonymous agencies, backstreet businesses, and covert collectivesDDC classification:

306.3/4 23

LOC classification:

HM786 .S37 2013eb

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Contents:

To name or not to name, that is the question -- Unmasking what we know about hidden organizations -- Revealing research on organizational identity and related issues -- Unveiling a new framework of organizations and organizational regions -- Taking it to the extremes : transparent and dark organizations -- Hiding only a little : shaded organizations -- Under the radar and out of the spotlight : shadowed organizations -- Classified conclusions, implications of invisibility, and a faceless future.

Summary: This text offers a framework for thinking about how organizations and their members communicate identity to relevant audiences. Considering the degree to which organizations reveal themselves, the extent to which members express their identification with the organization, and whether the audience is public or local, author Craig R. Scott describes collectives as residing in 'regions' that range from transparent to shaded from shadowed to dark.

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Includes bibliographical references and index.

This text offers a framework for thinking about how organizations and their members communicate identity to relevant audiences. Considering the degree to which organizations reveal themselves, the extent to which members express their identification with the organization, and whether the audience is public or local, author Craig R. Scott describes collectives as residing in 'regions' that range from transparent to shaded from shadowed to dark.