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Organizing is the act of rearranging elements following one or more rules. It can also be seen as the opposite of messing up. The organising model, as the term refers to trade unions (and sometimes other social-movement organisations) is a broad conception of how those organisations should recruit, operate and advance the interests of their members. ... A union organizer (sometimes spelled organiser) is one type of employee or elected official of a trade union. ... Wikipedia does not have an article with this exact name. ... Wiktionary (a portmanteau of wiki and dictionary) is a multilingual, Web-based project to create a free content dictionary, available in over 150 languages. ...

One organized opposite could be disordered, since ordered is almost synonymous. The difference between ordered and organized is that something is only ordered as long as it is both organized and standardized. An organization is a formal group of people with one or more shared goals. ... Synonyms (in ancient Greek syn συν = plus and onoma όνομα = name) are different words with similar or identical meanings. ... Look up standard in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ...

Organizing metal movable type

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Examples

Anything is commonly considered organized when it looks like everything has a correct order of placement. But it's only ultimately organized if any element has no difference on time taken to find it. In that sense, organizing can also be defined as to place different objects in logical arrangement for better searching. Look up Place in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ... Wikibooks has more about this subject: How to search Look up search, searching in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ...

Organizations are groups of people frequently trying to organize some specific subject, such as political issues. So, even while organizing can be viewed as a simple definition, it can get as complex as organizing the world's information. An organisation (or organization — see spelling differences) is a social arrangement which pursues collective goals, which controls its own performance, and which has a boundary separating it from its environment. ... In sociology, a group is usually defined as a collection of humans or animals, who share certain characteristics, interact with one another, accept expectations and obligations as members of the group, and share a common identity. ... An organization is a formal group of people with one or more shared goals. ...

Organized livestock pens and walkways at Chicago's stockyards, ca. 1941.

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History

Historically, humans have always tried to organize ourselves. Be it on religion, through books and spoken word, or in science, through journals and studies, or in many other ways. Writing ideas in a book, not to talk to someone, but to specifically catalog is also an attempt to organize information.

Science books are notable by their organization attempt of a specific subject. Encyclopedias, instead, usually try to organize any subject into one place, for faster indexing and seeking of meanings. A Science book is a work of nonfiction, usually written by a scientist, researcher, or professor like Stephen Hawking (A Brief History of Time), or sometimes by a non-scientist such as Bill Bryson (A Short History of Nearly Everything). ... Brockhaus Konversations-Lexikon, 1902 An encyclopedia, encyclopaedia or (traditionally) encyclopædia[1] is a comprehensive written compendium that contains information on all branches of knowledge or a particular branch of knowledge. ... An index is a detailed list, usually arranged alphabetically, of the specific information in a publication, whether a book, periodical, database or multimedia collection. ... The introduction to this article provides insufficient context for those unfamiliar with the subject matter. ...

Applications

Organizing, in companies point of view, is the management function that usually follows after planning. And it involves the assignment of tasks, the grouping of tasks into departments and the assignment of authority and allocation of resources across the organization. Look up company in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ...

Structure

The framework in which the organisation defines how tasks are divided, resources are deployed, and departments are coordinated.

1. A set of formal tasks assigned to individuals and departments.
2. Formal reporting relationships, including lines of authority, decision responsibility, number of hierarchical levels and span of managers control.
3. The design of systems to ensure effective coordination of employees across departments

Work Specialization

• The degree to which organizational tasks are sub divided into individual jobs; also called division of labour
• With too much specialization, employees are isolated and do only a single, tiny, boring job.
• Many organizations enlarge jobs to provide greater challenges or assigning to tasks that are rotated

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Chain of Command

• An unbroken line of authority that links all individuals in the organisation and specifies who reports to whom.
  • Unity of Command - one employee is held accountable to only one supervisor
  • Scalar principle - clearly defined line of authority in the organisation that includes all employees

Authority, Responsibility, and Accountability

• Authority - formal and legitimate right of a manager to make decisions, issue orders, and allocate resources to achieve organisationally desired outcomes.
• Responsibility - duty to perform the task or activity an employee has been assigned
• Accountability - the fact that the people with authority and responsibility are subject to reporting and justifying task outcomes to those above them in the chain of command

Delegation

• The process managers use to transfer authority and responsibility to positions below them in the hierarchy
• Organisations today tend to encourage delegation from highest to lowest possible levels
• Can improve flexibility to meet customers needs and adaptation to competitive environments
• Managers often find delegation difficults

Line and Staff Authority

• Line authority - in which individuals in management positions have the formal power to direct and control immediate subordinates.
• Staff authority - granted to staff specialists in their areas of expertise. Narrrower than line authority and includes the right to advise, recommend, and counsel in the staff specialists' area of expertise. It is a communication relationship with management.

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Span of Management

Factors influencing larger span of management.

1. Work performed by subordinates is stable and routine.
2. Subordinates perform similar work tasks.
3. Subordinates are concentrated in a single location.
4. Subordinates are highly trained and need little direction in performing tasks.
5. Rules and procedures defining task activities are available.
6. Support systems and personnel are available for the managers.
7. Little time is required in nonsupervisory activities such as coordination with other departments or planning.
8. Managers' personal preferences and styles favour a large span.

Tall vs. Flat Structure

• Tall - A management structure characterised by an overall narrow span of management and a relatively large number of hirarchical levels. Tight control.
• Flat - A management structure characterised by a wide span of control and relatively few hirarchical levels. Loose control. Facilitates delegation.

Centralisation, Decentralisation, and Formalisation

• Centralisation - The location of decision making authority near top organisational levels.
• Decentralisation - The location of decision making authoirty near lower organisational levels.
• Formalisation - The written documentation used to direct and control employees.

Departmentalisation

The basis on which individuals are grouped into departments and departments into total organisations.

Approach options include;

1. Functional - by common skills and work tasks
2. Divisional - common product, programme or geographical location
3. Matrix - combination of Functional and Divisional
4. Team - to accompllish specific tasks
5. Network - departments are independent providing functions for a central core breaker

Importance of Organising

• Organisations are often troubled by how to organise, particularly when a new strategy is developed
• Changing market conditions or new technology requires change
• Organisations seek efficiencies through improvements in organising

See also

• Order theory
• Sorting
• Community organizing
• Union Organizer

Order theory is a branch of mathematics that studies various kinds of binary relations that capture the intuitive notion of a mathematical ordering. ... Sorting refers to a process of arranging items in some sequence and/or in different sets, and accordingly, it has two common, yet distinct meanings: ordering: aranging items of the same kind, class, nature, etc. ... Community organizing is a process by which people are brought together to act in common self-interest. ... A union organizer (sometimes spelled organiser) is one type of employee or elected official of a trade union. ...

References

• Organizing from the Inside Out by Julie Morgenstern, Owl Books 1998 ISBN 0-8050-5649-1
• Eliminate Chaos...The 10-Step Process to Organize Your Home & Life by Laura Leist, Sasquatch Books 2006 ISBN 1-57061-467-9