CONCEPT & MEANING:

Meaning: - Organizing is the process of defining and grouping the activities of the enterprise and establishing authority relationships among them.

Organizing is the process of identifying and grouping the work to be performed, defining and delegating responsibility and authority and establishing relationships for the purpose of accomplishing objectives.

ORGANISING PROCESS:

Steps in the process of organizing:

  1. Identifying and dividing the work into manageable activities so that duplication can be avoided.
  2. Departmentalization/ departmentation is when activities of similar nature are grouped together.
  3. Assignment of duties to job positions.
  4. Establishing reporting relationships so that each individual knows who he has to take orders from and to whom he is accountable

Describe the steps involved in the process of Organizing.

  1. Identification and division of work:
    • One individual cannot do the entire work.
    • Therefore Work is divided into small tasks called job
    • So that  burden of work can be shared
    • The repetitiveness of work  brings speculation
  2. Departmentalization:
    • Activities similar in nature are grouped together on the basis of their interdependence
    • Departments are formed
    • Example ( quality control, purchase, inventory management can be placed in the production department)
  3. Assignment of duties:
    • Defining the work of different job positions (defining responsibility and authority)
    • Jobs specification is prepared showing the type of competence required. (Age, experience, Education, Skills)
  4. . Establishing reporting relationships:
    • Establishment Reporting Relationships means
    • Who will work under whom
    • Who will get the order from whom
    • Creation of superior-subordinate relationship