The role of values in the organizations has been the subject of an increasing amount of scientific attention. This paper describes values of collaborative spaces members intermediating in social exchange. The main research objective was to explore the organizational goals of these organizations and to reconstruct on this basis their aspirations and values to describe them as a community of purpose. Research method used is content analysis, which has been based on legal documents –statutes of non-governmental organizations working as collaborative spaces –Makerspaces, Hackerspaces and Fab Labs operating in Poland most often in the form of legal associations and foundations. The foundings provide a basis for further exploration of organizational phenomena occurring in cooperative organizations.

The article presents a green and turquoise style of management, which is presented against the background of reflections on organizational culture. The issue of management styles is important for business practice. Management styles can be characterized by the colours and metaphors of the organization. Different management styles relate to the evolution of the perception of an organization in management sciences. Green and turquoise organizations have complementary formal and informal relationships, which increases employee engagement and flexibility. The article is descriptive and is the starting point for further relationships analyses between green and turquoise organizations.

JEL Classification: D23, M12

The theory of reliability is an important inspiration of social science in operational risk management and public crisis management. The article provides a new approach to public crisis management, used in national methodologies: risk assessment in the protection of critical infrastructure of the state as well as civil and rescue planning.