ABSTRACT
Organising follows from planning and involves designing and maintaining a system that coordinates activities, individually and cooperatively, to achieve organisational goals. Management defines tasks and assigns them to individuals/groups. Management determines how people relate to one another, clarifying authority/reporting relationships so activities are implemented smoothly. Management establishes roles and responsibilities for completion of tasks required to meet goals. Organising leads to a structure, which provides guidance on the division of work into activities, linkages between different functions, hierarchy, authority relationships and coordination. This chapter discusses concepts, theories, principles and types/forms of organisational structures.
