What is an Organization? - the Nature of Organizations

This is the first video of our course on the nature of organizations, so we answer the question: 'What is an Organization?'

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The Nature of Organizations
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This video is part of course module number 6.1.1
Program 6: Managing within Organizations
Course 1: The Nature of Organizations
Section 1: Introduction to Organizations

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LESSON NOTES
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An organization is a grouping of people, assets, material, and knowledge, that are co-ordinated to meet a set of objectives (or serve a purpose)

They serve need to control something larger and more complex than a self-coordinating group of people can hold in their heads.

To do this, they bring resources together and use them to carry out a range of inter-related activities.

Tendencies to bureaucracy and hierarchy… with the aim of efficiency.

Richard Pascale:
‘Organizations are, in the last analysis, interactions among people’.

This view of an organization as a network of relationships straddles the metaphors of:
- Structure (the network) and
- Process (the interactions)
We look at these two perspectives in:

Can be temporary or permanent – but realistically cannot be static – must evolve to meet changing needs, exploit new opportunities, and counter emerging threats.

Permanent organizations include enterprises, corporations, companies, partnerships, charities, authorities, schools, hospitals, government departments, local governments, military units, emergency services, clubs and associations

Temporary organizations include teams, projects, expeditions, crews, committees

But one thing is for certain – An organization may be able to work without managers. But a Manager needs an organization within which to work. The job of a group of managers is to make their organization work effectively.

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1. How does our description of what an organization is fit with each of those examples? (3 MC CPD Points)
2. What else do those organizations teach you about what an organization is? (3 MC CPD Points)

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[ManagementCourses]

Organizations are everywhere. They are a huge part of the world of work. And they come in many types. But what is an organization? To start off our new course on organizations, I'll answer that question.

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[ermanturkeli]

Great work, accent and explanation, thanks.

[imeunhae]

For someone who has no prior knowledge whatsoever to this field, not even close, this is still easy to understand. I hope the others videos will be useful too

[yashica]

You are genius... used such simple words to explain.... wow

[snehaa]

Thank you so much sir making this Video 🙂

[lindolumauig]

Thanks for explaini Ng the meaning of organization

[ninirema]

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[widqhbn]

"What is an organization."I think this is one of the big problems that bothers people who study organizational theory or researchers. As Dr. Mary Jo Hatch said, how people understand organization (elephant) is different. I think that's why it's so interesting.

[RaniChauhan-oxsj]

Sir, please asking organising concepts

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[joanyonson]

why do you think does organization form groups?

[francishubertovasquez]

In this present generation the organizations in particular in their varieties have the goal of being big, influential and to branch out, the problem frankly speaking is that the regular members particularly the established officials by their founded influence in the society have the tendency to be overly arrogant or have a habit of doing some uneccessary actions or comments that put their whole organization at risk by their careless demeanors where they themselves become the liability of their organization per se due to their over greedy behavior having their own organization adjust to their irrelevant and risky demeanors just to prove a point how they overvalue themselves in their group or just to inflate their personality in the ranks of their organization out of their plans and schemes intentionally or carelessly which only backfires to them as a whole group putting them at risk due to the undisciplined behavior of them. This thing one way or another had happened in some of those groups in the world meaning they cannot manage their own types and kind how can they manage them and their expansion when they become bigger and head Inflated turning them to worst backfiring that within their group just like the strong start of the Ancient Roman Empire for example with some honorable statesman Senators and great administrator Caesars and Emperors, then due to inner corruption and arrogance and over politics and worst effects of the society cause the decline of the Empire until they were reduced to be the sickness of their continent and the subject of Anger and Barbarian attacks here and there. History repeats itself if you will be complacent, careless, overly ambitious and arrogant and with total disregard to your own organizational historical achievements worked hard to reach that from years to years of improvements. Now, there's a need for Satellite groups within an organization as extension from that inner core within a particular organization officials who are undisciplined themselves and betraying each other politically just to elevate a being from the other officials due to over ambition. The satellite groups doesn't have to be doing the practices and traditions and standards of the original organization as long as they are functional, obeys the orders for the task on hand, can be trusted for a certain percentage of approval, with some sort of discipline and not rebellious, then the Satellite group as a result of recruitment directly or indirectly if works and function according to the original organization's original pre worst effect performance can be relied upon and another option to resort the focus for betterment and improvement of the former core group and many members there can no longer be relied upon to carry the organizations vision and goals for the future. Study the scriptures because God have done that to his own people when they're diverting to other things other than what He had planned for them, he resorted to other group for His blessings and help, though His own people realized their mistakes and shortcomings and goes back to God's tutelage. I think that's the proper way to save those organizations from the going out of control officials and regular in positioned members of them, worldwide. Let it be

[gloryeze]

I have a question if you have a permanent job can you quit it?

[francishubertovasquez]

50% and another 50% deduction due to repeat of their stupidity osmosis of their total profit is zero for the violator organization. Bye. Culprit effect.