ORG_0000005 - informal organization

Label

informal organization

Sub class of

ORG_0000001 - organization

Definition

A group of people recognized as such by people outside the group. Without legal standing.

Definition source

Michael Conlon https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1304-8447

Example

A student club, a university committee, the VIVO Ontology Interest Group

Editor’s note

There are many names associated with informal organizations including club, group, party, team, cell, task force, work group, interest group, meeting, and roundtable. These could potentially be differentiated with class expressions involving dispositions and/or qualities in the future.

Term editor

Michael Conlon https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1304-8447