Marginal Organizations: Analyzing Organizations at the Edge of Society’s Mainstream

238 Pages·2014·2.37 MB·English

by  Dennis W. Tafoya (auth.)

Marginal Organizations
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Marginal Organizations
Analyzing Organizations at the
Edge of Society’s Mainstream
Dennis W. Tafoya
marginal organizations
Copyright © Dennis W. Tafoya, 2014.
Softcover reprint of the hardcover 1st edition 2014 978-1-137-37946-7
All rights reserved.
First published in 2014 by
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ISBN 978-1-349-47880-4 ISBN 978-1-137-36113-4 (eBook)
DOI 10.1057/9781137361134
Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Tafoya, Dennis W.
Marginal organizations : analyzing organizations at the edge of
society’s mainstream / Dennis W. Tafoya.
pages cm
Includes bibliographical references and index.
1. Informal sector (Economics) I. Title.
HD2341.T34 2013
330—dc23 2013036137
A catalogue record of the book is available from the British Library.
Design by Newgen Knowledge Works (P) Ltd., Chennai, India.
First edition: May 2014
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Jay Tolson, CEO, member of various corporate boards,
a long-time supporter of the disadvantaged, the arts and
academics. A person of vision, always willing to give of himself
in order to be of benefit to others. He has always found time
to be a mentor, resource and supporter of me and my efforts.
I am grateful and completely in his debt.
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Contents
List of Illustrations ix
Preface xi
Chapter 1 Introduction to the Concept of the Marginal
Organization 1
Chapter 2 Profiling the Marginal Organization: A Framework
for Operational Analysis 27
Chapter 3 The Emergence of Marginal Organizations in a
Mainstream Society: Translating Influence into
Strategy in an Effort to Drive the Marginal
Organization’s Success 57
Chapter 4 The Emergence of Marginals in the Active Context
of Mainstream Society 91
Chapter 5 Analyzing the Marginal’s Persona: Existence as a
Marginal Organization and the Marginal’s Impact
on the Mainstream 117
Chapter 6 For Marginal Organizations within a World of
Mixed Certainty, Surviving May Be Just Enough 145
Chapter 7 Mapping the Decline and Loss of Organizational
Influence in the Marginal Economy: A Case Study 169
Chapter 8 Conclusions: Strategies for the Management of
a Society’s Marginal Organizations 191
Bibliography 215
Index 223
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Illustrations
Figures
3.1 Shifting Equilibrium as a Stakeholder Swarm Engulfs the
Initial Stakeholder Network 67
4.1 A Value Stream for an Enterprise 101
4.2 When a Marginal Organization Comes into Contact with
the Mainstream 107
7.1 Stakeholders Defining a Marginal Organization’s Social
Network 172
Tables
2.1 Two Enterprise-Type Organizations 36
2.2 Two Community-Type Organizations 37
2.3 How Structural Tools Vary across Different Organizations 41
2.4 Strategies for Managing Events: Key Practices That Drive
and Maximize the Use of Organizational Components 50
5.1 Representative Tangible and Intangible Costs and Benefits
to an Organization Resulting from Stakeholder Swarms 140
6.1 Sit-Down Restaurant Versus Food Truck Stream:
You Experience What You Pay For 155
7.1 The Puppy Mill Study—Descriptive Statistics 177
7.2 When Stakeholder Swarms Emerge: Puppy Mill Products
Trigger Outcomes That Trigger Impacts 184