The document discusses the principles of organizing, including defining organizing as identifying and grouping activities to achieve objectives. It describes the nature of organizing as having common objectives, specialization, authority structures, coordination, and adherence to rules. The levels of organizing include determining activities, grouping them, assigning duties, delegating authority, and establishing relationships. Organizing facilitates administration, efficiency, growth, optimal resource use, coordination, innovation, creativity, and managerial development. Formal organization involves well-defined jobs and roles with authority, responsibility, and accountability, while informal organization comprises voluntary social networks. Organizational charts visually depict relationships and activities within an organization, and can take vertical, horizontal, or circular forms.

1. MG8591 PRINCIPLES OF
MANAGEMENT
UNIT – III - ORGANIZING
Dr.A.NITHYA,
Associate Professor/MECH,
Kongunadu College of Engineering and Technology.

2. Introduction
 Organizing is the process of identifying and grouping the
activities required to attain the objectives, delegating,
authority, creating responsibilities and establishing
relationship for people to work effectively.
 According to Koontz and O’Donnel – ‘the grouping of
activities necessary to attain objectives, the assignment
of each grouoing to a manager with authority necessary to
supervise it and the provision for the co-ordination
horizontally and vertically in the enterprize structure’.

3. Nature of Organizng
 Common objectives
 Specialization or Division of labour
 Authority of structure
 Group of persons
 Coordination
 Environment rules and regulations

4. Process or levels of organizing
 Determination of activities
 Grouping of activities
 Assignment of duties
 Delegation of authority
 Establishment of structural relationship
 Coordination of activities

5. Purpose or importance of organizing
 To facilitate administration
 To increase the efficiency of management
 To facilitate growth and diversification
 To ensure optimum use of man and material resources
 To facilitate co-ordination and communication
 To permit optimum use of technological innovations
 To stimulate creativity and initiative
 To facilitate the development of managerial ability

6. Formal organization
 According to Allen – ‘the formal organization is a system of well defined jobs,
each bearing a definite measure of authority, responsibility and
accountability’
 Characteristics
 Flexible
 Properly planned
 Division of labour
 Efficiency of operation
 Organization charts
 Coordination
 Responsibility and accountability
 Unit of command

7. Informal Organization
 The network of social group based on friendship is called
informal organization.
 Characteristics
 Voluntarily
 Based on similarity
 No organization chart
 Part of total organization
 No structure
 Become a member of several informal organization.

8. Organizational Chart
 It is prepared for the purpose of describing the organizational
structure clearly. It shows organization relationships and activities
within an organization.
 According to J Batty, ‘An organization chart is diagrammatic
representation of the frame work or structure of an organization’.
 Types
 Vertical / top-down chart
 Horizontal / left to right chart
 Circular chart / concentric chart

9. Vertical / top-down chart

10. Horizontal / left to right chart

11. Circular chart / concentric chart