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The document discusses the functions of management, with a focus on organizing. It defines organizing as grouping work and coordinating efforts to achieve objectives. Key aspects of organizing include identifying activities, assigning duties, delegating authority, and coordinating relationships. Organizing establishes the formal structure of an organization and ensures efficient use of resources to allow the organization to achieve its goals. It facilitates coordination, communication, growth, and specialization within the organization.

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MGT Functions-Organizing

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EDEN UNIVERSITY

School of Nursing & Midwifery Sciences

Functions of MGT-Organizing -2024


By Esther Kaluba
Supervisor-Mr Mwaka C Simoonga
INTRODUCTION
• “Management is a distinct process consisting of planning, organizing, activating, and
controlling to determine and accomplish the objectives by the use of people and resources.”-
G.R. Terry
• “To manage is to forecast and plan, to organize, to command, to coordinate and to control.”
– Henry Fayol
• “Management is simply the process of decision making and control over the actions of
human beings for the express purpose of attaining pre-determined goals.” Stanly Vance
• Koontz O’Donnell explained five functions of management which have become accepted
everywhere.
• These are
 planning
 organizing
 staffing
 directing and
 Controlling
• Managers have to perform all these functions in order to achieve the
desired organizational goals.
ORGANIZING
• After planning the next function of management is organizing.
• Organizing involves the division of work among people whose efforts must be coordinated
to achieve specific objectives and to implement pre-determined strategies.
• It is the backbone of management.
• Organizing follows the determination of the goals of an organization and the preparation of
the plan.
• “Organization is the process of identifying and grouping of the works to be performed,
defining and delegating responsibility and authority, and establishing relationships to enable
people to work most efficiently.” Louis A. Allen
• “Organizing is the process of defining and growing the activities of the
enterprise and establishing authority relationships among them. " -
Haiimann
• Thus, organizing refers to how the work of a group of people is arranged
and distributed among group members.
IMPORTANCE OF ORGANISING
• It facilitates efficient management - Organising is necessary for the performance
of other functions of management. Poor organization may result in duplication of
work and efforts.
• It facilitates coordination and communication - Organisation creates a clear cut
relationships between the departments and helps in laying down balanced emphasis
on various activities. It also provides channels of communication and coordination
of activities of different departments.
IMPORTANCE OF ORGANISING..
• It facilitates growth and diversification- Sound organization hepls in
the growth and expansion of the enterprise by facilitating its efficient
management .It also increases the capacity of the enterprise to undertake
more activities.
• It ensures optimum use of resources -Organising leads to the optimum
use of all material, financial and human resources. It matches the jobs
with the individuals and vice versa and ensures that job position is
clearly defined. It minimizes confusion and wastage of resources.
IMPORTANCE OF ORGANISING..
• It provides for optimum use of technological innovations-Sound organization structure is
not rigid. It is flexible and provides adequate scope for the adoption of new technology.
• It facilitates specialization- Organizing provides a great scope for bringing specialization in
every department of an enterprise through proper allocation of jobs among the employees.
ORGANIZING AS A PROCESS
INVOLVES:
• Identification of activities.
• Classification or grouping of activities.
• Assignment of duties.
• Delegation of authority and creation of responsibility.
• Coordinating authority and responsibility relationships.

 Organizing as a structure- each employee should also no from whom he has to take orders
and to whom he is accountable/responsible.
TYPES OF ORGANISATION
• Formal organization
• Informal Organisation
FORMAL ORGANIZATION

• Formal organization refers to a structure which is consciously


designed to enable people of the organization to work together in
accomplishing the common objectives.
• It is predetermined by top management to facilitate the smooth
functioning of the organization.
• The authority-responsibility relationship created by the organization
structure are to be followed by all the employees in the organization.
• It is created as a result of Company’s rules and policies.
INFORMAL ORGANISATION
• Informal Organisation refers to the relationship between the people in the
organization based on personal likes, dislikes, emotions, attitude etc.
• These relationships are not in terms of procedure and regulation laid down in the
formal organization.
• These groups are not preplanned, they develop automatically within the
organization.
• The membership in informal organization is voluntary.
• It originates as a result of social interaction.

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