Gesellschaft und Gemeinschaft
Ferdinand Tennys. (1855-1936) said that there are two kinds of organizations, right?
gemeinschaft (German: Gemeinschaft)
community Organization, community society
Social groups linked by human relationships such as geographical, blood, and friendship
Members' relationships and comfort come first.
society (German: Gesellschaft)
functional unit organization, interest society
A social group united to achieve a common purpose or benefit
Priority is given to achieving profits and objectives.
Tennys. himself considered the whole social change in the process of modernize, but the idea of this dichotomy was so useful that it was frequently cited by subsequent organization theory.
Nowadays, organizations are not clearly classified into one of these two types. Corporate organizations are usually considered Gesellschafts, but there are investments made in Employee Satisfaction and in creating a good working environment. False dichotomy.
Large corporate families
teal organization classification, the Gesellschaft is an orange-type organization.
Is the Gemeinschaft a green type?
Community - Wikipedia
Two types.
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