Organising means identifying and grouping various activities into jobs and then sub grouping these jobs into sections and departments.
It is bringing together financial, physical & human resources and establishing productive relations among them for achieving specific goals.
The organising process involves the following steps:
Division of work:
1st step – divide the work since one individual cannot do the entire work. If work is divided it leads to specialisation of work and skill.
Grouping Jobs and Departmentation:
The 2nd step is to group similar jobs into departments, divisions or sections such as marketing, financing, manufacturing, etc.
This brings about coordination and facilitates unity of effort.
The departments so created are linked together on the basis of their interdependence.
Establishing authority relationships:
3rd step is to create an authority structure among various job holders
This links the various job holders by authority-responsibility relationship.
Define Organising as a structure? Enumerate any three CONSIDERATIONS to be kept in mind while building an organisational structure. - 4 marks
Definition:
An organisation structure define: job positions, the roles assigned to them ;and the authority relationships among the various job positions.
It facilitates work-flow in the organisation.
Considerations (any 3)
The following considerations should be kept in mind while building an organisation structure
Job design:
Manager has to first design the jobs
Then specify which task is to be included in each job
Then decide which person will do which job
Departmentation:
Once the jobs are defined they must be grouped together to form a department as coordination becomes easier if similar jobs are under one department and one manager.
Span of Control:
After the departments are formed, how many people and jobs the manager will manage is the next decision. The