Organizing Functio
Organizing
Function of Management
Organizing is the function of
management which follows planning. It is a function in which the
synchronization and combination of human, physical and financial resources
takes place. All the three resources are important to get results. Therefore,
organizational function helps in achievement of results which in fact is
important for the functioning of a concern. According to Chester Barnard,
“Organizing is a function by which the concern is able to define the role
positions, the jobs related and the co- ordination between authority and
responsibility. Hence, a manager always has to organize in order to get
results.
A manager performs
organizing function with the help of following steps:-
Identification of
activities - All the activities which have to be performed in a concern have to be
identified first. For example, preparation of accounts, making sales, record
keeping, quality control, inventory control, etc. All these activities have to
be grouped and classified into units
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Departmentally organizing the activities - In this step, the manager
tries to combine and group similar and related activities into units or
departments. This organization of dividing the whole concern into
independent units and departments is called departmentation.
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Classifying the authority - Once the departments are made,
the manager likes to classify the powers and its extent to the managers.
This activity of giving a rank in order to the managerial positions is
called hierarchy. The top management is into formulation of policies, the
middle level management into departmental supervision and lower level
management into supervision of foremen. The clarification of authority
help in bringing efficiency in the running of a concern. This helps in
achieving efficiency in the running of a concern. This helps in avoiding
wastage of time, money, effort, in avoidance of duplication or overlapping
of efforts and this helps in bringing smoothness in a concern’s working.
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Co-ordination between authority and responsibility - Relationships are established
among various groups to enable smooth interaction toward the achievment of
the organizational goal. Each individual is made aware of his authority
and he/she knows whom they have to take orders from and to whom they are
accountable and to whom they have to report. A clear organizational
structure is drawn and all the employees are made aware of it.
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