Organizing: Nature and Significance

Nature of Organizing:

• Organization is a group of Individuals: Organization can consider as a group of individuals who comes together and make co-operative relationship with each-other and contributing their efforts with a view to attain preset goals. Infect, in the absence of group of individuals there is no existence of organization. Thus it is clear that organization is a group of individuals.

• Organization is a process: The feature of organization can put to be as a process, because a large number of events are done under organizing process towards the attainment of predetermined goals, such as determination of various activities, grouping of activities, allocation of work among-st the employees and delegation of authority as well. Hence, organization is a process.

• Organization is a ‘Means’ not an ‘End’: Organization is a means to reach out the goals of an enterprise. In fact organization provides such platforms to enterprise where all the activities are clearly predefined, as a result of this enterprise easily obtain its goals. Thus it is proved that organization is a ‘Means’ not an ‘End’.

• Organization is an important Function of Management: It is an essential feature of organisation. Organization refers to an important function of management because all other functions of management like staffing, directing, controlling etc will become ineffective in the absence of this function.

• Organization is related to its Objectives: Organization is directly concerned with the objectives of enterprise. In the absence of objectives there is no life of organization. If there is an organization then the objectives must be attached with it. Hence, Organization is related with its goals.

• Communication is the life of organization: It is also an important feature of organization. Communication can be treated as a life of organization, because in the lack of proper network of communication there is no existence of organization. Infect the foundation of an organization properly depends on communication. On the whole it is clear that organization is the system of communication. 

Signifiance

1. Benefits in specialisation:

In organising every individual is assigned a part of total work and not the whole task.

Due to this division of work into smaller units and assignment of units according to the qualification leads to specialisation. The specialisation automatically comes when an individual is performing one job repeatedly.

2. Role Clarity:

In the organising function the employees are assigned different jobs and the managers clearly define the jobs. The jobs are defined on the written document called job description which clearly spells out what exactly has to be done in every job.

This description of job brings clarity in the minds of employees.

3. Clarity in working relationship:

In the organising function it is clearly defined that what all and how much power and authority is enjoyed by different individuals or managers. Each manager knows very clearly to whom he can give order and from whom he has to receive the order. The superior-subordinate relation is clearly defined in organising.

4. Optimum utilization of resources:

In the organising function there are very few chances of duplication of work or over-lapping of work because the jobs are assigned to different individuals by clearly defining the job in job description document. So, there are no chances that the same work is performed by two or more individuals.

5. Co-ordination and effective administration:

In the organising function, the similar and related jobs are grouped under one department which leads to unification of efforts and harmony in work. The organising function establishes relation between different departments keeping in mind the co-ordination among different departments. By bringing clarity in working relationship administrative efficiency improver.

6. Adoption to change:

Whenever the changes take place in the business environment then with the help of organising function these changes can be adopted systematically because organising function creates different departments and group related activities under each department.

With this, changes can be adopted only in that area which may be affected by these changes and changes can be easily communicated to whole organisation through departments. Organisational structures can be suitably modified according to changes.

7. Expansion and Growth:

With optimum utilization of resources and proper division of work and departmentation, companies can easily meet the challenges and can expand their activities in a planned manner.

8. Development of personnel:

Delegation of authority is an important part of organising. By delegating the routine the managers can concentrate to develop new methods and ways of performing job. It gives them time to innovate new technologies and areas for growth of the companies. Delegation not only reduces the work load of managers but it also helps them to use and realise their full potential for more creative work.