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From: "Human Potential & Development."
Split Justification: Development fundamentally involves both our inner landscape (**Internal World**) and our interaction with everything outside us (**External World**). (Ref: Subject-Object Distinction)..
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From: "External World (Interaction)"
Split Justification: All external interactions fundamentally involve either other human beings (social, cultural, relational, political) or the non-human aspects of existence (physical environment, objects, technology, natural world). This dichotomy is mutually exclusive and comprehensively exhaustive.
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From: "Interaction with Humans"
Split Justification: All human interaction can be fundamentally categorized by its primary focus: either on the direct connection and relationship between specific individuals (from intimate bonds to fleeting encounters), or on the individual's engagement within and navigation of larger organized human collectives, their rules, roles, and systems. This dichotomy provides a comprehensive and distinct division between person-to-person dynamics and person-to-society dynamics.
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From: "Social Systems and Structures"
Split Justification: All social systems and structures can be fundamentally categorized by whether their rules, roles, and organization are explicitly codified, institutionalized, and formally enforced (formal systems), or are unwritten, emergent, culturally embedded, and maintained through custom, tradition, and implicit social pressure (informal systems). This dichotomy is mutually exclusive, as a system's primary mode of operation is either formal or informal, and comprehensively exhaustive, covering all aspects of collective human organization.
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From: "Formal Social Systems"
Split Justification: This dichotomy fundamentally distinguishes between the overarching framework of authority, law, and governance that establishes and enforces the primary rules and structures for an entire society (encompassing governmental bodies, legal systems, and core regulatory agencies), and the diverse range of specific, mission-oriented institutions that operate within, and are shaped by, this overarching framework to achieve particular goals, produce goods, or provide services (such as corporations, educational institutions, healthcare systems, or formal non-profits). These categories are mutually exclusive, as an entity is either part of the foundational governance and legal apparatus or a specific purpose-driven organization operating under its purview, and comprehensively exhaustive, covering all forms of formal social systems.
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From: "Purpose-Driven Formal Organizations"
Split Justification: All purpose-driven formal organizations are fundamentally distinguished by their primary financial objective: whether they operate to generate profit for their owners or shareholders, or to dedicate all financial surpluses to the advancement of their stated mission without distributing profits. This dichotomy is mutually exclusive, as an organization's core financial structure is either profit-seeking or non-profit, and comprehensively exhaustive, covering all forms of purpose-driven formal organizations.
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From: "Non-Profit Organizations"
Split Justification: All non-profit organizations are fundamentally categorized by whether their primary mission is to serve the general public or a specific segment thereof (addressing societal needs, providing collective goods, or advancing a broad cause), or to serve the specific interests and needs of their own formal members (such as professional associations, unions, or social clubs). This dichotomy is mutually exclusive, as an organization's core beneficiary focus is either external public or internal membership, and comprehensively exhaustive, covering all forms of non-profit organizations.
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From: "Member Benefit Organizations"
Split Justification: All Member Benefit Organizations fundamentally serve either individual human beings as their members or other collective entities (such as businesses, non-profits, or government agencies) as their members. This dichotomy is mutually exclusive, as an organization's primary members are either individuals or institutions, and comprehensively exhaustive, covering all forms of formal member beneficiaries.
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From: "Institutional Member Organizations"
Split Justification: This dichotomy fundamentally distinguishes between institutional member organizations whose primary constituents are governmental bodies or entities operating within the public sector, and those whose primary constituents are non-governmental bodies, encompassing both private for-profit entities and other non-profit organizations. This split is mutually exclusive, as an institution's primary nature is either governmental or non-governmental, and comprehensively exhaustive, covering all types of institutional members.
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From: "Non-Governmental Member Organizations"
Split Justification: This dichotomy fundamentally distinguishes between non-governmental member organizations whose primary constituents are entities operating with a profit-seeking objective (such as businesses, corporations, or trade associations for profit-generating entities), and those whose primary constituents are other non-profit organizations or similar mission-driven entities (such as associations of charities, foundations, or advocacy groups). This split is mutually exclusive, as an institutional member is either primarily for-profit or primarily non-profit, and comprehensively exhaustive, covering all types of non-governmental institutional members.
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From: "Organizations with For-Profit Institutional Members"
Split Justification: This dichotomy fundamentally distinguishes between organizations whose for-profit institutional members are drawn exclusively or primarily from a single, defined industry sector (e.g., a specific trade association) and those whose for-profit institutional members encompass a broader range of businesses across multiple industries, often defined by a geographic area or a general economic interest (e.g., a chamber of commerce, a national business federation). This split is mutually exclusive, as an organization's primary scope of member industries is either specific or general, and comprehensively exhaustive, covering all types of organizations with for-profit institutional members.
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From: "General Business and Cross-Sector Organizations"
Split Justification: All General Business and Cross-Sector Organizations are fundamentally distinguished by whether their broad membership of for-profit institutions is primarily defined by a shared geographic location (e.g., local, national, regional chambers of commerce or business federations) or by a shared non-geographic thematic economic interest, principle, or objective that transcends specific locations (e.g., organizations promoting global entrepreneurship, broad economic policy advocacy, or specific business models across industries). This dichotomy is mutually exclusive, as the primary organizing principle for defining member scope is either place-based or theme-based, and comprehensively exhaustive, covering all forms of general business and cross-sector organizations.
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Topic: "Geographically Defined Cross-Sector Business Organizations" (W5620)