Define organizing; State the essential activities to be performed under the organizing function; Explain the 4 key words

in the definition of organizing; Analyze the principles of organizing;

 ORGANIZING

- is the process of placing people into a structure to accomplish objectives.

1. PROCESS

Organizing is a dynamic process;

Due to such factors as changing environment, organizational growth and turnover in personnel, you will need to constantly reevaluate your organization

2. PEOPLE

Without people, you have no organization. This may appear obvious, but often we become so enamored of organizational charts and job descriptions that we forget that we are working with real people.

3. STRUCTURE

An organizational structure serves to relate individuals to one another and to provide the formal communication lines necessary in any organization.

4. OBJECTIVES

The purpose of organizing people should be to accomplish certain predetermined objectives; To organize merely for the sake of organizing, without a clearly defined goal, is futile.

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How to organization accomplish (developing structure)

set

up the best structure to your objectives. organizational

2. The need to keep from overburdening yourself with work while delegating significant tasks to your subordinates (delegating activity)

3. The important part of a supervisor plays in building effective relationships both within his unit and others in the organization (establishing relationships)

If you dont organize, important thing will be done ineffectively or not at all. Examples: Red tape Many meetings Higher approvals needed

1. STRATEGY BEFORE STRUCTURE

It is difficult to mobilize people to do something if it is not even clear in their minds what should be accomplished

However, the reverse is true organization will almost seem to fall in line as a by-product of good planning.

2. ORGANIZE AROUND NATURAL GROUPING In any plan, there will tend to be natural clusters of activities and/or people that seem to go together.

The activities that are the most similar and require the most intense and frequent interaction will need to be in the same bucket that we call a natural grouping

3. BE SPECIFIC
Give definite assignments.

4. AVOID EXTREMES
You need to know what occurs at the grassroots level of operations within your organizations Each organizational level that exist between you and the lowest level will tend to distort and frustrate your picture of what is really going on.