Management Function of Organizing: Overview of Methods

Assembled by Carter McNamara, MBA, PhD

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
Organizing Various Types of Groups
Organizing Communities (typically a nonprofit goal)
Organizing a New Business (whether for-profit or nonprofit)
Guidelines to Reorganize a Current Organization

Also see Principles and Guidelines for Organizational Design

Organizing Yourself

Setting Up Office Facilities (this section is in "Facilities Management")
Organizing Yourself (this subtopic is in "Personal Productivity")

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

Committees of Boards of Directors
Committees in general
Meetings
Teams

Community Organizing

THE CITIZEN'S HANDBOOK
Organizer's Online Toolkit
Community Organizing Toolbox
Community Building and Organizing
Association for Community Organization
Citizen's Handbook

For the Category of Management:

Recommended Books

For Managing Yourself, See
Personal Development -- Related Books

For Managing Other Individuals, See
Supervision -- Related Books

For Managing Teams, See
Facilitation and Teams -- Related Books

For Leading, See
Leadership -- Recommended Books

General (For-Profit and Nonprofit)

Nonprofit-Specific

General (For-Profit and Nonprofit)

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