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  2. Informal organization - Wikipedia

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    The informal organization is the interlocking social structure that governs how people work together in practice. [1] It is the aggregate of norms, personal and professional connections through which work gets done and relationships are built among people who share a common organizational affiliation or cluster of affiliations.

  3. Neopatrimonialism - Wikipedia

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    Neopatrimonialism is a system of social hierarchy where patrons use state resources to secure the loyalty of clients in the general population. It is an informal patron–client relationship that can reach from very high up in state structures down to individuals in small villages.

  4. Organizational structure - Wikipedia

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    Further, the informal organization, which is the structure of social interactions that emerges within organizations, may be subject to restrictions also tends to lag in its integration into the newly established formal organisation, whereas formal organization or the subjective norms system created by managers can be changed relatively quickly ...

  5. Hierarchical organization - Wikipedia

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    The informal hierarchy between two or more people can be based on difference in, for example, seniority, experience or social status. [20] [17] The formal and informal hierarchy may complement each other in any specific organization and therefore tend to co-exist in any organization. [17]

  6. List of fallacies - Wikipedia

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    False authority (single authority) – using an expert of dubious credentials or using only one opinion to promote a product or idea. Related to the appeal to authority. False dilemma (false dichotomy, fallacy of bifurcation, black-or-white fallacy) – two alternative statements are given as the only possible options when, in reality, there ...

  7. Governance - Wikipedia

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    Smaller groups may rely on informal leadership structures, whereas effective governance of a larger group typically relies on a well-functioning governing body, which is a specific group of people entrusted with the authority and responsibilities to make decisions about the rules, enforcing them and overseeing the smooth operation of the group ...

  8. Authority - Wikipedia

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    Authority is commonly understood as the legitimate power of a person or group of other people. [1] [2] In a civil state, authority may be practiced by legislative, executive, and judicial branches of government, [3] [need quotation to verify] each of which has authority and is an authority. [4]

  9. Institution - Wikipedia

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    Informal practices are often referred to as "cultural", for example clientelism or corruption is sometimes stated as a part of the political culture in a certain place, but an informal institution itself is not cultural, it may be shaped by culture or behaviour of a given political landscape, but they should be looked at in the same way as ...