2. Organising Capacity

Organising Capacity is so important that we have prepared its own unit. We can watch the example of an organisation at school which is  something the students know.

As an introduction, think of the organisation at your school. Different people work there: for example the principal, teachers and secretaries. They all have different jobs to do and are responsible for different things.

The principal is in charge of the school. Maybe the teachers belong to different departments, each with a head of the department. The principle can give orders to the heads of the departments, the teachers and the secretaries. A head of a department can only give orders to the teachers of his or her department. The principal organises the timetables for teachers and classes as well as the equipment and so on.

Organising is about co-ordinating the activities of a business in a structured way. Once objectives have been set and plans have been made, managers must design and staff the organisation in a way that the objectives can be achieved in the most efficient way.

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The Components of an organisation

The components of organisation are tasks, positions and departments. The different tasks are grouped together to positions.

A position is the sum of tasks performed by one person. Positions can be distinguished between superiors, subordinates and staff positions. Superiors have the authority to give orders. Subordinates have no authority and staff positions only provide information and advice to superiors. A department is a cluster of positions. Departments can be grouped according to functions, products, regions or customers.