Craig R. Scott
- Published in print:
- 2013
- Published Online:
- September 2013
- ISBN:
- 9780804781381
- eISBN:
- 9780804785631
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Stanford University Press
- DOI:
- 10.11126/stanford/9780804781381.003.0005
- Subject:
- Business and Management, Organization Studies
Having put forth a framework to describe a wide range of organizations on the basis of how they and their members communicate identity to various audiences, this chapter examines the two most extreme ...
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Having put forth a framework to describe a wide range of organizations on the basis of how they and their members communicate identity to various audiences, this chapter examines the two most extreme categories (transparent and dark organizations) and their fundamentally opposite regions. The chapter describes the transparent region generally and then looks specifically at the Roman Catholic Church and Royal Dutch Shell as two organizations operating primarily in that space. The chapter also describes dark organizations generally and then examines two clandestine terrorist groups and men’s bathhouses as examples of collectives located primarily in this region. For both regions, socialization processes are examined.Less
Having put forth a framework to describe a wide range of organizations on the basis of how they and their members communicate identity to various audiences, this chapter examines the two most extreme categories (transparent and dark organizations) and their fundamentally opposite regions. The chapter describes the transparent region generally and then looks specifically at the Roman Catholic Church and Royal Dutch Shell as two organizations operating primarily in that space. The chapter also describes dark organizations generally and then examines two clandestine terrorist groups and men’s bathhouses as examples of collectives located primarily in this region. For both regions, socialization processes are examined.
Craig Scott
- Published in print:
- 2013
- Published Online:
- September 2013
- ISBN:
- 9780804781381
- eISBN:
- 9780804785631
- Item type:
- book
- Publisher:
- Stanford University Press
- DOI:
- 10.11126/stanford/9780804781381.001.0001
- Subject:
- Business and Management, Organization Studies
Many organizations and their members devote extensive resources to promoting themselves and being known to others. However, not all organizations want or need their identity to be recognized and not ...
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Many organizations and their members devote extensive resources to promoting themselves and being known to others. However, not all organizations want or need their identity to be recognized and not all organizational members want to have their membership or affiliation known by at least certain audiences. As we consider secret societies, anonymous support programs, hate groups, terrorist cells, covert military units, organized crime, gangs, parts of the underground economy, front organizations, stigmatized businesses, and even certain hidden enterprises tucked away in quiet office parks, we have to question what we think we know about the identity goals of organizations and their members. This book offers a framework for thinking about how a wide range of organizations and their members communicate their identity to relevant audiences. Considering the degree to which organizations strategically make themselves visible, the extent to which members express their identification with the organization, and whether the relevant audience is more mass/public or local, we can describe various “regions” in which these collectives reside-ranging from transparent and shaded to more shadowed and dark. Importantly, organizations operating in these spaces differ in how they and their members communicate identity to others. The perspective offered here helps draw attention to more shaded, shadowed, and dark collectives as important organizations in the contemporary landscape.Less
Many organizations and their members devote extensive resources to promoting themselves and being known to others. However, not all organizations want or need their identity to be recognized and not all organizational members want to have their membership or affiliation known by at least certain audiences. As we consider secret societies, anonymous support programs, hate groups, terrorist cells, covert military units, organized crime, gangs, parts of the underground economy, front organizations, stigmatized businesses, and even certain hidden enterprises tucked away in quiet office parks, we have to question what we think we know about the identity goals of organizations and their members. This book offers a framework for thinking about how a wide range of organizations and their members communicate their identity to relevant audiences. Considering the degree to which organizations strategically make themselves visible, the extent to which members express their identification with the organization, and whether the relevant audience is more mass/public or local, we can describe various “regions” in which these collectives reside-ranging from transparent and shaded to more shadowed and dark. Importantly, organizations operating in these spaces differ in how they and their members communicate identity to others. The perspective offered here helps draw attention to more shaded, shadowed, and dark collectives as important organizations in the contemporary landscape.
Craig R. Scott
- Published in print:
- 2013
- Published Online:
- September 2013
- ISBN:
- 9780804781381
- eISBN:
- 9780804785631
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Stanford University Press
- DOI:
- 10.11126/stanford/9780804781381.003.0004
- Subject:
- Business and Management, Organization Studies
This chapter develops a framework for talking about organizations based on three key dimensions tied to the communication of identity: organizational visibility, member identification, and relevant ...
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This chapter develops a framework for talking about organizations based on three key dimensions tied to the communication of identity: organizational visibility, member identification, and relevant audience. By combining these three continua into a multidimensional space and looking toward the ends of each, we can begin to describe eight organizational regions that range from highly transparent and shaded to those better described as shadowed and dark. These regions reflect differences in how organizations and their members communicate their identity to relevant audiences.Less
This chapter develops a framework for talking about organizations based on three key dimensions tied to the communication of identity: organizational visibility, member identification, and relevant audience. By combining these three continua into a multidimensional space and looking toward the ends of each, we can begin to describe eight organizational regions that range from highly transparent and shaded to those better described as shadowed and dark. These regions reflect differences in how organizations and their members communicate their identity to relevant audiences.
