Communicating & Organizing

- An organization is defined as a network of interdependent relationships.

- Definition of a formal organization (Scott) :
A system of coordinated activities of a group of people working cooperatively toward a common goal under authority and leadership.

Organizational Relationships(Schools of Thought)

1. Classical School – it focuses on the structure of job functions of the people in the organization.

2. Human Relations School – it is concerned primarily with the people in the organization. It focuses on people oriented variables as status, role, information groups, social relation, morale, attitude and personality.

3. Social System School – it concentrates on the relationships of the parts of the organization to the whole organization and the interdependent nature of this relationship.

Approaches of Organizing

1. Objective Approach…suggests that an organization is a physical, concrete thing, that it is a structure with definite boundaries.

2. Subjective Approach…concerned on the activities of the people within the organization. In this approach, organization is created and maintained through the people exchanging contacts and generally its behavior.

Factors affecting Organizing

1. Size
2. Interdependent action
3. Input of resources from the environment.
4. Communication
5. Output

Basic Organizational Concepts

1. Division of labor
2. Unity of Command
3. Authority and Responsibility
4. Span of Control
5. Departmentalization

Understanding the components of organization such as structure, relationships will lead to a well improved quality of interaction in the organization.

How we organize people, resources and ideas in an organized manner is affected entirely by the kind of approaches of organizing that one can adapt.