Whether building an organization or society, manufacturing a coordinate measuring machine, or using that CMM to ensure only the highest-quality products leave your plant, being organized is key. It may seem obvious, but the idea of getting organized is actually inherent in the word organization when we use it to mean company or entity.
The definition of an organization is “a social unit of people that is structured and managed to meet a need or to pursue collective goals.” The definition goes on to say that “all organizations have a management structure that determines relationships between the different activities and the members, and subdivides and assigns roles, responsibilities, and authority to carry out different tasks. Organizations are open systems—they affect and are affected by their environment.”