What is an organization LO16811

Richard C. Holloway (learnshops@thresholds.com)
Mon, 02 Feb 1998 22:35:25 -0800

Replying to LO16776 --

the definition of organization--straight from an American dictionary
(Webster's Encyclopedic Unabridged):

1. the act or process of organizing
2. the state or manner of being organized
3. that which is organized
4. organic structure, composition
5. a body of persons organized for some end or work
6. the administrative personnel or apparatus of a business
7. the functionaries of a political party along with the offices, committees,
etc.
8. an organism

See, Dina--in American, even our own dictionaries have a problem deciding
what an organization is. I hope that this helps a little bit, though (and
good luck!)

(by the way, in the "organizational" discussions that occur on this list,
definitions number 5 and 6 are most commonly being used.) If you can find
Judith Gordon's, Organizational Behavior (ISBN: 0132325624), it give a
pretty basic history and perspective of that particular science (org.
behavior) and has an extensive bibliography.

shalom--

Doc Holloway

Dina Rz wrote:

> I try to get a definition of "organization" and I can't.

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