Organization outside organizations: the abundance of partial organization in social life

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The book explores how various social settings are partially organized even when they do not form part of a formal organization. It also shows how even formal organizations may be only partially organized. Professors Göran Ahrne and Nils Brunsson first established the concept of partial organization in 2011 and in doing so opened up a ground-breaking new field of organizational analysis. An academic community has since developed around the concept, and Ahrne and Brunsson have edited this collection to reflect the current state of inquiry in this burgeoning subject and to set an agenda for future research. Its chapters explain how organization is a salient feature in many social settings, including markets, interfirm networks, social movements, criminal gangs, internet communication and family life. Organization theory is much more relevant for the understanding of social processes than previously assumed. This book provides a new understanding of many social phenomena and opens up new fields for organizational analysis. 1 Organization Unbound; Part 1 Rules, Sanctions, Membership; 2 Standards between Partial and Complete Organization; 3 Prizes and the Organization of Status; 4 Membership or Contributorship? Managing the Inclusion of Individuals into Organizations; Part 2 Organization in and around Markets; 5 The Partial Organization of Markets; 6 The Organization of Digital Marketplaces: Unmasking the Role of Internet Platforms in the Sharing Economy; 7 Organizing for Independence 8 Queues: Tensions between Institution and Organization Part 3 Networks and Other Social Relationships; 9 The Inter-Firm Network as Partial Organization?; 10 An Organized Network: World Economic Forum and the Partial Organizing of Global Agendas; 11 Organizing Intimacy; 12 How Is 'Organized Crime' Organized?; 13 Brotherhood as an Organized Social Relationship; Part 4 Social Movements and Collective Action; 14 The Dilemma of Organization in Social Movement Initiatives; 15 Alternating between Partial and Complete Organization: The Case of Anonymous 16 Collective Action through Social Media: Possibilities and Challenges of Partial Organizing Part 5 The Partial Organization of Formal Organizations; 17 Partial De-Organizing for Innovation and Strategic Renewal? A Study of an Industrial Innovation Programme; 18 The Partial Organization of International Relations: International Organizations as Meta-Organizations; Conclusion; 19 More and Less Organization; Index