13 ORGANISING
13.1 INTRODUCTION
Organising in a general sense means systematic arrangement of activities. In this sense, organising is done by each individual. However, organising as a process of management essentially relates to sub-dividing and grouping of activities.
Organising becomes necessary when two or more persons work together to achieve some common objectives. When a player is playing alone, there is perhaps no need of organising. But organising becomes important when players are playing in a team. In that case, it is important to determine the role of each player and for the team as a whole to attain victory over the rival team. Similarly, in a one-man business, all the activities are performed by the owner himself. But when the owner employs someone to assist him, he has to determine the work to be done by the employee and give him the right to use materials, machinery, equipment, etc. This is the point when organising becomes necessary.
As more people are appointed, there has to be further division and sub-division of work among them. When an organisation becomes large, separate departments are created to perform different functions. Each department has to be divided into a number of smaller units. Ultimately, the work of the organisation is divided into a number of positions of employees and managers. Relationships are then established among the different positions in the organisation. The outcome of the organising process is a set of formal relationships which is known as organisation structure. In this lesson, we shall study about the process of organising which leads to the setting up of an organisation structure.
13.2 OBJECTIVES
After studying lesson, you will be able to :
� state the meaning and the process of organising;
� enumerate the steps in the organising process;
� explain what is done in each step;
� state the meaning of