ORGANIZATION

Most work today is accomplished by organizations. An organization is a

group of people working together in some type of concerted or coordinated effort to
attain objectives. As such, an organization provides a vehicle for accomplishing
objectives that could not be achieved by individuals working separately. The process
of organizing is the grouping of activities necessary to attain common objectives and
the assignment of each grouping to a manager who has the authority necessary to
supervise the people performing the activities. Thus, organizing is basically a
process of division of labor accompanied by appropriate delegation of authority.

One of the primary reasons for organizing is to establish lines of authority.

Establishing lines of authority creates order within the group. The absence of
authority almost always leads to chaotic situations in which everyone is telling
everyone else what to do.

Secondly, organizing improves the efficiency and quality of work through

synergism. Synergism occurs when individual or separate units work together to
produce a whole greater than the sum of the parts. Synergism results when three
men working together produce more than four men working separately. Synergism
can result from division of labor or from increased coordination both of which are
products of good organization.

GLOSSARY

Accomplished (v) : diselesaikan

Attain (v) : mencapai

Appropriate (adj) : cocok, tepat

Leads to (v) : menyebabkan

Concerted (adj) : dengan persetujuan bersama

Primary (adj) : pokok, utama

Chaotic (adj) : kacau, semrawut

A. COMPREHENSION QUESTIONS

Answer the following question briefly.

1. What is an organization based on the above text?
Answer :
An organization is a group of people working together in some type of concerted or
coordinated effort to attain objectives

2. What do you know about the process of organizing?

Answer :
The process of organizing is the grouping of activities necessary to attain common
objectives and the assignment of each grouping to a manager who has the authority
necessary to supervise the people performing the activities

3. What is the difference between organization and organizing?

Answer :
If organization is a definition about group of people who doing things together.
Organizing is a process to grouping many activities in order to attain common
objectives.

4. What is organizing for?

Answer :
One of the primary reasons for organizing is to establish lines of authority. Secondly,
organizing improves the efficiency and quality of work through synergism.

5. How is the order within a group created?

Answer :
Establishing lines of authority creates order within the group.

6. How can chaotic situations happen?

Answer :
The absence of authority almost always leads to chaotic situations in which everyone
is telling everyone else what to do.
7. What does organizing improve?
Answer :
Organizing improves the efficiency and quality of work through synergism.

8. What is the synergism?

Answer :
Synergism occurs when individual or separate units work together to produce a
whole greater than the sum of the parts.

9. How can synergism result from?

Answer :
Synergism results when three men working together produce more than four men
working separately.

10. What are the products of good organization?

Answer :
Synergism can result from division of labor or from increased coordination both of
which are products of good organization.

11. What is the topic of the first paragraph?

Answer :
The topic of the first paragraph is describing what organization and organizing for.

12. What does the second paragraph mainly discuss?

Answer :
The second paragraph mainly discuss about the reason of organizing.

13. What is the writer’s main point in the third paragraph?

Answer :
The writer’s main point in the third paragraph about what organizing improves.
14. What does the word ‘attain’ (paragraph 1 line 2) mean?
Answer :
The word ‘attain’ means ‘to get it’.

15. What does the whole passage talk about?

Answer :
The whole passage talk about the function of organization and organizing things.

Say whether these statements are true (T) or false (F), and if they are
false say why.

1. A group of people who work together is called organization. T

2. ln order to reach the goal, an organization provides a vehicle. T

3. Organizing is a process of division of labor accompanied by appropriate

delegation of authority. T

4. By organizing we are able to establish lines of authority. T

5. Without establishing lines of authority we can create order within the group. F

Because establishing lines of authority we can create order within the group.

6. The existing of authority can protect the chaotic situation in an organization. T

7. Chaotic situations happen when everyone is telling the others what to do. T

8. Synergism is able to improve the efficiency and quality of work. T

9. Synergism happens when the separate units work together. T

10. When three men work together and they can produce more than four men
working separately, we can call it as synergism. T
B. VOCABULARY BUILDING

1. ‘Type’ (in paragraph 1 line 2) means:

a. group b. kind c. form d. d. characteristic

2. ‘Supervise’ (in paragraph 1 line 7) means:

a. control b. check c. know d. identify

3. ‘Leads to’ (in paragraph 2 line 3) means:

a. makes b. causes c. effects d. influences

4. ‘Occurs’ (in paragraph 3 line 2) means:

a. creates b. makes c. happens d. affairs

5. ‘Labor’ (in paragraph 3 line 5) means:

a. employment b. employ c. employee d. employer