Organising is a process which coordinates human efforts, assembles resources and integrates both into a unified whole to be utilized for achieving specified objectives.
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Organising is a process that initiates implementation of plans by clarifying jobs and working relationships and effectively deploying resources for attainment of identified and desired results (goals).
Organising function helps in the survival and growth of an enterprise and equips it to meet various challenges. Proper performance of organising function enables a business enterprise to successfully meet its goals.
The following points highlight the importance of organising in any business enterprises.
1. Benefits of specialization: Organising leads to a systematic allocation of jobs among the workforce (employees). Right person is placed in the right job. It leads to specialization and increases the efficiency and productivity of employees.
2. Clarity in working relationship: Organising helps in establishing working relationships. It clearly defines the authority and responsibility of each individual in an organization. Every individual has clarity as to whom he can give orders and from whom he has to receive orders.
3. Optimum utilization of resources: Organising ensures proper allocation of jobs. It leads to optimum (i.e., efficient) use of material, financial and human resources. This also avoids duplication of work and helps in minimising the wastage of resources.
4. Adaptation to change: The process of organising allows a business enterprise to accommodate changes in the business environment. It allows the organization structure to be suitably modified.
5. Effective administration: Organising provides a clear description of jobs. This helps to avoid confusion and duplication. Clarity in the working relationships enables proper execution of work. Thus, management of an enterprise becomes easy and this brings effectiveness in administration.
6. Development of personnel: Organising stimulates creativity among managers. By providing well defined areas of work and ensuring delegation of authority, organising provides sufficient freedom to the managers and encourages their initiative and creativity. Thus, it helps the managers to grow and develop to their full potential.
7. Expansion and growth: Organising promotes growth and diversification of an enterprise. It enables the enterprise to take up new challenges. It allows a business enterprise to add more job positions, departments, new products and new geographical territories. This will help to increase customer base, sales and profit. Thus, organising is a process by which the manager brings order out of chaos, removes conflict among people over work or responsibility sharing and creates an environment suitable for team work.
