Formal Organization
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A Formal Organization is an organizational entity that operates with formal organization explicit goals, formal organization defined structure, and formal organization codified procedures to coordinate formal organization collective action.
- Context:
- It can typically establish Formal Organization Governance Framework through formal organization hierarchical structures, formal organization authority distribution, and formal organization decision-making protocols.
- It can typically define Formal Organization Role Relationships with clear formal organization reporting lines, formal organization responsibility assignments, and formal organization performance expectations.
- It can typically develop Formal Organization Documented Processes to standardize formal organization operational activity and ensure formal organization procedural consistency.
- It can typically maintain Formal Organization Official Communication Channels for formal organization information dissemination and formal organization coordination mechanisms.
- It can typically implement Formal Organization Strategic Plans to guide formal organization long-term direction and formal organization resource allocation.
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- It can often employ Formal Organization Professional Staff ranging from formal organization executive leadership to formal organization operational employees.
- It can often establish Formal Organization Measurement Systems with formal organization key performance indicators to evaluate formal organization goal achievement.
- It can often create Formal Organization Policy Documents to govern formal organization internal behavior and formal organization external interactions.
- It can often develop Formal Organization Culture through formal organization explicit values and formal organization recognized norms.
- It can often implement Formal Organization Control Mechanisms to ensure formal organization standard compliance and formal organization quality assurance.
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- It can range from being a Small Formal Organization to being a Large Formal Organization, depending on its formal organization size parameters.
- It can range from being a Non-Profit Formal Organization to being a For-Profit Formal Organization, depending on its formal organization economic purpose.
- It can range from being a Public Formal Organization to being a Private Formal Organization, depending on its formal organization ownership structure.
- It can range from being a Centralized Formal Organization to being a Decentralized Formal Organization, depending on its formal organization authority concentration.
- It can range from being a Traditional Formal Organization to being a Virtual Formal Organization, depending on its formal organization operational mode.
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- It can establish Formal Organization Legal Identity through formal organization registration processes and formal organization regulatory compliance.
- It can enter into Formal Organization Business Relationships with other formal organizations through formal organization contractual agreements.
- It can hire Formal Organization Workers through formal organization employment contracts ranging from formal organization full-time positions to formal organization freelance arrangements.
- It can manage Formal Organization Knowledge Assets through formal organization intellectual property protection and formal organization knowledge management systems.
- It can participate in Formal Organization Networks for formal organization collaborative initiatives and formal organization resource sharing.
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- Examples:
- Business Formal Organizations demonstrating formal organization commercial purpose, such as:
- Corporate Formal Organizations, such as:
- Multinational Formal Organizations like Microsoft Formal Organization operating across formal organization global markets.
- Small-Medium Enterprise Formal Organizations focused on formal organization specialized markets.
- Startup Formal Organizations implementing formal organization innovation models.
- Financial Formal Organizations, such as:
- Professional Service Formal Organizations, such as:
- Corporate Formal Organizations, such as:
- Non-Profit Formal Organizations demonstrating formal organization social purpose, such as:
- Charitable Formal Organizations, such as:
- Educational Formal Organizations, such as:
- Advocacy Formal Organizations, such as:
- Government Formal Organizations demonstrating formal organization public administration, such as:
- Administrative Formal Organizations, such as:
- Military Formal Organizations, such as:
- International Formal Organizations, such as:
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- Business Formal Organizations demonstrating formal organization commercial purpose, such as:
- Counter-Examples:
- Informal Organizations, which emerge spontaneously through social interactions rather than through formal organization planned design.
- Temporary Coalitions, which lack permanent structures and formal organization established procedures.
- Social Movements, which operate through distributed leadership rather than formal organization hierarchical authority.
- Online Communitys, which often function without formal organization legal recognition or formal organization codified governance.
- Ad Hoc Groups, which form for specific purposes without establishing formal organization ongoing structures.
- Family Units, which operate based on kinship relations rather than formal organization role definitions.
- Network Organizations, which may have fluid boundarys and dynamic structures different from traditional formal organization hierarchy.
- See: Organizational Structure, Organizational Goal, Job (Role), Corporate Governance, Organizational Theory, Bureaucracy, Management System, Institutional Framework, Organizational Development, Business Entity, Legal Entity, Organizational Culture, Corporate Strategy.
References
2023
- (Wikipedia, 2023) ⇒ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/organization#Formal_organizations Retrieved:2015-5-14.
- An organization that is established as a means for achieving defined objectives has been referred to as a formal organization. Its design specifies how goals are subdivided and reflected in subdivisions of the organization. Divisions, departments, sections, positions, jobs, and tasks make up this work structure.[1] Thus, the formal organization is expected to behave impersonally in regard to relationships with clients or with its members. According to Weber's definition, entry and subsequent advancement is by merit or seniority. Each employee receives a salary and enjoys a degree of tenure that safeguards him from the arbitrary influence of superiors or of powerful clients. The higher his position in the hierarchy, the greater his presumed expertise in adjudicating problems that may arise in the course of the work carried out at lower levels of the organization. It is this bureaucratic structure that forms the basis for the appointment of heads or chiefs of administrative subdivisions in the organization and endows them with the authority attached to their position.[2]
- ↑ Chester I. Barnard, The Functions of the Executive, 1938, Harvard University Press, Cambridge, MA, oclc: 555075
- ↑ Gibb, Cecil A. (1970). Leadership: Selected Readings. Harmondsworth: Penguin Books. ISBN 0140805176. OCLC 174777513
1992
- (Kogut & Zander, 1992) ⇒ Bruce Kogut, and Udo Zander. (1992). “Knowledge of the Firm, Combinative Capabilities, and the Replication of Technology.” In: Organization science, 3(3). doi:10.1287/orsc.3.3.383
- QUOTE: How should we understand why firms exist? A prevailing view has been that they serve to keep in check the transaction costs arising from the self-interested motivations of individuals. We develop in this article the argument that what firms do better than markets is the sharing and transfer of the knowledge of individuals and groups within an organization.