Organising Security: Organisational Analysis of Private Security Services in Spain

The purpose of this article is to analyze organizational & environmental variables affecting private security services in Spain. This topic is important in order to understand privatization processes as well as the role played by private security in national security. The data are gathered from a national survey addressed to private security companies. An in deep interview to some security managers is also conducted. The research explains what is sold & who buy it. It analyzes how the costumer's activities, as well as the security company's size & speciality, affects security services. Security services are analyzed in terms of the object they protect, the strategies they follow, & the tasks done. Tables, References. Adapted from the source document.