Informal Organization

An organization is both a formal and informal entity. The formal aspect of an organization is its official structure and public image visible in organization charts and annual reports. The informal organization is a more elusive concept, describing the complex network of psychological and social relationships between its people. The informal organization is an unrecognized world of cliques and politics, friendships and enmities, gossip and affairs.

See also:

Benchmarking
Best Practice
Employee Analysis
Employee Demand
Centralization
Change
Change Strategy
Competitive Advantage
Comprehensiveness
De-layering
Division of Labour
Divisional Structure
Downsizing
Soft HRM
Soft Planning
Strategic HRM
Talent Management

HRM Textbooks

Human Resource Management, 4th edition
by Alan Price
 Covers all the key aspects of HRM. Available from:
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Fundamentals of Human Resource Management
 Shortened version of Human Resource Management - concise analysis for non-specialists and one-semester courses.
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