1 Organisation/Dienstbetrieb

organizations benefit someone—either the management the membership the client or the commonwealth This definition fits well with private enterprise in that the managers or shareholders may benefit greatly from the organization’s business and sales Hecht (1980) suggested that “any organization is a complicated system of interactions

1 2 Alignment of an organisation’s components in their context 6 1 3 Existing division structure 6 1 4 New division structure 7 1 5 The new structure has complex organisational impacts 8 3 1 The four spans 72 3 2 ATD’s new structure 75 4 1 Overview of organisation design plan and sequence 84

1 11 Terminal Questions 1 0OBJECTIVES After studying this unit you should be able to: • explain the concept of organisation; • discuss the basic concept of management; • analyse the functions of managers; • identify the roles of managers; • discuss various types of organisation; and

Business Dictionary (online) A social unit of people systematically structured and managed to meet a need or to pursue collective goals on a continuing basis Oxford English Dictionary An organized group of people with a particular purpose such as a busi-ness or government department As this indicates one well known attempt at a definition