Organizing involves identifying activities, grouping them, assigning duties, and delegating authority. It is a universal process that establishes vertical and horizontal relationships within a dynamic group of people working toward common objectives. Organizing requires dividing work and coordinating activities according to individuals' skills in order to efficiently achieve organizational goals.

1. ORGANIZING, ITS NATURE
AND PROCESS
PRESENTED BY
Sapna Gupta

2. WHAT IS ORGANIZING?
"Organization is the process of identifying and
grouping of the works to be performed, defining
and delegating responsibility and authority and
establishing relationships for the purpose of
enabling people to work most efficiently".
- Louis A. Allen

3. NATURE OF ORGANIZING:
5. Group of People.
6.Vertical and Horizontal
Relationships.
7.Universal Process.
8.Dynamic Process.
1. Division of Work
2. Co-ordination
3. Plurality of Persons.
4. Common Objectives.

4. NATURE OF ORGANIZATION:
Division of Work.
Division of work is the basis of an organization. Setting of
an organization involves division of the total work into
various activities and functions, and assigning the tasks to
different persons according to their skill, ability and
experience.
Co-ordination.
Co-ordination of various activities is as essential as their
division. It refers to the procedures which integrate the
different activities and functions within the organization.

5. Plurality of Persons.
Organization is a group of many persons who assemble to
fulfill a common purpose. A single individual cannot create
an organization.
Common Objectives.
Every organization has a common objective distinct from
personal objective of the members. There are various parts of
an organization with different functions to perform but all
move in the direction of achieving a general objective. The
common goal is the basis of cooperation among the members
Group of People.
An organization is a group of people working together for the
achievement of common objectives. The group may be large
or small. An organization is a system of cooperative
relationships of two or more persons.

6. Vertical and Horizontal Relationships.
An organization creates co-operative relationships
between different departments and divisions as well as
between superiors and subordinates. The duties and
responsibilities of superiors and subordinates in each
department or division are also unified so as to serve the
purpose of their joint efforts.
Universal Process.
Organizing is needed both in business and non-business
organizations. Not only this, organization will be needed
where two or more than two people work jointly.
Therefore, organization has the quality of universality.

7. Dynamic Process.
Organization is related to people and the
knowledge and experience of the people. Besides
the structural relationships among people which are
based on their activities and functions, there exists
an organizing interaction based on sentiments,
attitudes, and behavior of individuals and groups.
They are subject to change from time to time.

8. PROCESS:
1.
2.
3.
4.
IDENTIFICATION
OF ACTIVITIES
GROUPING OF
ACTIVITIES
ASSIGNMENT OF
DUTIES
DELEGATION OF
AUTHORITY

9. PROCESS OF ORGANIZING:
1. Identification of Activities: First step is to determine the
tasks that must be performed to achieve the established
objectives. Activities and jobs are building blocks of any
organization. The activities to be performed depends
upon the objectives, nature and size of the enterprise.
2. Grouping of Activities: The various activities are the
grouped into departments or divisions according to
similarity and common purpose. Such grouping is
necessary for the purpose of specialization, coordination
and control. It may be grouped on various basis i.e.
functions products, territories, customers etc depending
on requirements.

10. 3. Assignment of Duties: Groups of activities or
departments are then allotted to different positions. Every
position is occupied by an individual best suited for it.
The assignments of activities creates responsibility and
ensures certainty of work performance. The process
should be carried down to the lowest levels. It is basically
done to avoid duplication of work and over-lapping
efforts.
4. Delegation of Authority: Every individual is given the
authority required to carry out the responsibility assigned
to him. A chain of command is created through successive
delegation of authority. Different positions are linked
vertically and horizontally by establishing formal
authority. Every individual must know to whom he is
accountable and who are his subordinates.