organization

/ɔrgʌnʌzˈeɪʃʌn/

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Noun
a group of people who work together
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an organized structure for arranging or classifying; "he changed the arrangement of the topics"; "the facts were familiar but it was in the organization of them that he was original"; "he tried to understand their system of classification"
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the persons (or committees or departments etc.) who make up a body for the purpose of administering something; "he claims that the present administration is corrupt"; "the governance of an association is responsible to its members"; "he quickly became recognized as a member of the establishment"
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the act of organizing a business or an activity related to a business; "he was brought in to supervise the organization of a new department"
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an ordered manner; orderliness by virtue of being methodical and well organized; "his compulsive organization was not an endearing quality"; "we can''t do it unless we establish some system around here"
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the activity or result of distributing or disposing persons or things properly or methodically; "his organization of the work force was very efficient"
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the act of forming or establishing something; "the constitution of a PTA group last year"; "it was the establishment of his reputation"; "he still remembers the organization of the club"
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adhocracy affiliate alignment alinement alliance association bench blue brotherhood bureaucracy calendar classification system coalition collectivisation collectivization colonisation colonization commission communisation communization company contrivance coordinate system county council Curia data structure defence defence force defense defense force delegacy delegation deputation design distribution enterprise establishment executive federation fiefdom fire brigade fire company force frame of reference genetic map Girl Scouts government officials gray grey hierarchy host institution itemisation itemization judiciary kinship system labor union lattice line of defence line of defense line organisation line organization listing living arrangement machine management mission musical group musical organisation musical organization NGO nongovernmental organization nonprofit nonprofit organization not-for-profit officialdom ontology order ordering party Peace Corps pecking order personnel plan political machine political party polity pool power structure professional organisation professional organization quango quasi-NGO randomisation randomization rationalisation rationalization reference frame reference system reorganisation reorganization self-organisation self-organization settlement shakeup shake-up social unit statistical distribution syndication systematisation systematization Tammany Tammany Hall Tammany Society territorialisation territorialization top brass trade union trades union troupe union unionisation unionization unit
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