Organising

Lesson

Part 1: what organising is, its steps, why it matters, and the functional and divisional structures.

In this lesson you will

Explain the steps of the organising process and its importance
Recommend a functional or divisional structure for a given business and justify the choice

Part 1 at a glance

Concept

What is organising?

Organising is identifying and grouping the work, assigning it, and setting up authority and reporting relationships so that plans can be carried out.

Table of the four questions organising answers, with an imagined fruit canner's answers
Organising answers…	Imagined example: a fruit canner in Haldwani
What work must be done?	Washing, cooking, canning, labelling, selling
How is it grouped?	Production and Marketing units
Who does each job?	A food scientist heads Quality
Who reports to whom?	Line leaders to shift supervisor to works manager

Diagram

Steps in organising

Four steps, in order.

Organising follows four steps.

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