Management Function of Organizing: Overview of Methods
Assembled by Carter McNamara, MBA,
PhD
This topis is in regard to the management function of organizing resources.
Organizing can be viewed as the activities to collect and configure resources
in order to implement plans in a highly effective and efficient fashion. Organizing
is a broad set of activities, and often considered one of the major functions
of management. Therefore, there are a wide variety of topics in organizing.
The following are some of the major types of organizing required in a business
organization.
Sections of This Topic Include
Organizing Yourself (your office, files, etc.)
Organizing / Designing Tasks, Jobs or Roles
Organizing Staff
and Your Office
Organizing Various Types of Groups
Organizing Communities (typically a nonprofit goal)
Are You Personally Ready for New Venture?
Guidelines to Reorganize
a Current Organization
Learn More in the Library’s Blogs Related to Organizing
In addition to the articles on this current page, see the following blogs which
have posts related to Organizing. Scan down the blog’s page to see various posts.
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Management Blog
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Also consider
Principles and Guidelines for Organizational Design
Organizing Yourself and Your Office
Setting
Up Office Facilities (this section is in “Facilities Management”)
Organizing
Yourself (this subtopic is in “Personal Productivity”)
You Can Do It: No Fail Ways to Finally Get Yourself Organized
How
to Build Your Dream Office
Also consider
Personal
Development
Personal
Productivity
Personal
Wellness
Organizing a Task, Job or Role
Task
and Job Analysis
Job
Description
Employee
Performance Planning (the overall process ensures ongoing, effective
organizing)
Time
Management
Organizing Various Groups of People and Organizations
Committees
of Boards of Directors
Committees
in general
Meetings
Teams
Facilitation
Organization Charts as a Management Tool
Also consider
Guidelines, Methods and Resources for Organizational Change Agents
Organizational
Performance
Community Organizing
THE
CITIZEN’S HANDBOOK
Organizer’s
Online Toolkit
Community Assessments
Association for
Community Organization
Citizen’s
Handbook
4
Ways to Instill The Power of One
Sue Hoechstetter
on Resources for Evaluating Community Organizing
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