Organization
An organization is a legal entity, composed of one or more people, that functions on a relatively continuous basis to achieve a common goal or set of goals. To do so, organizations assign responsibilities, authorities, and relationships.
Definitions
According to Organizational Behavior by Robbins and Judge (17th edition),
- Organization. A consciously coordinated social unit, composed of two or more people, that functions on a relatively continuous basis to achieve a common goal or set of goals.
According to Management by Robbins and Coulter (14th edition),
- Organization. A deliberate arrangement of people to accomplish some specific purpose.
According to Marketing Management by Keller and Kotler (15th edition),
- Organization. A company's structures, policies, and corporate culture.
According to Juran's Quality Handbook by Defeo (7th edition),
- Organization. Group of people and facilities with an arrangement of responsibilities, authorities, and relationships.
According to the BABOK Guide (3rd edition),
- Organization. An autonomous group of people under the management of a single individual or board, that works towards common goals and objectives.
According to Looking Out, Looking In by Adler, Proctor (15th edition),
- Organization. The second stage in the perception process in which selected information is arranged in some meaningful way.
According to the INCOSE Systems Engineering Handbook (4th edition),
- Organization. Person or a group of people and facilities with an arrangement of responsibilities, authorities, and relationships (adapted from ISO 9001:2008).
According to the ITIL Foundation 4e by Axelos,
- Organization. A person or a group of people that has its own functions with responsibilities, authorities, and relationships to achieve its objectives.
Family as an organization
- Main wikipage: Family as an organization
