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Red : Chinese Triads : An Example Of A Red Organization

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Red – Chinese Triads Red organizations have existed since the beginning of life. The textbook uses the wolf pack example to illustrate how leaders in red organizations need to harness their power to control others. A leader within a red organization must maintain their power so that no one below them attempts to take the crown. (Laloux, pg. 18) The Chinese Triads date as far back as the mid-seventeenth-century during the Ming dynasty. (Chu, pg. 11) The Chinese Triads are essential a gang that has been categorized as both, organized and unorganized power. The Triads typically use the headquarters system to run their organization. (Chu, pg. 22) Unorganized or not, the Triads use fear to maintain power and control. I think the Triads fit the textbook’s description of a red organization. The Triads originally started as one single organization but then grew into separate organizations once the labor market grew. According to Triads as Business, Triad leaders set up their headquarters and then set up branches that stem out to operate certain areas of the leader’s turf. (Chu, pg. 22-23) The triads quickly took control of their turf by promising the locals and local businesses protection from other triad gangs. The Triads would use fear and violence for those who chose not to comply. There have been at least three hundred recorded cases of Triad societies, all originating from different leaders. (Chu, pg. 20) Red organizations are horrible at planning, which can be influenced

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