Organising is the procedure of aligning activities in a certain order. It involves designing the roles and directing the people to accomplish organisational goals. Human efforts along with the resources are brought together and coordinated under this function. The focus of the function lies in enabling people to work together and implementing the plans for the successful achievement of objectives. Through organising, the working relationships in an organisation get clearly defined; this, in turn, ensures smooth functioning. Following are the various steps involved in a successful process of organizing:
(i) Identifying and dividing the work: The first step of organising is to identify and divide the work at hand as per pre-defined plans. The work is further divided into different activities. A clear division of work is aimed to avoid duplication and overlapping of work so that effective work can be done and also increase revenue.
(ii) Creating departments: After dividing the work into activities, those activities are further grouped into smaller sets on the basis of their similarity. Similar activities are grouped together. This process is termed as departmentalisation. Its main objective is to promote specialisation.
(iii) Assigning duties: The third step in the organising process is assigning roles and responsibilities to different personnel. Each department allocates work to its employees as per their skills and abilities. At this stage, the main focus is to assign a particular task to the person with the right skills and abilities
(iv) Establishing relationships: Any organisation needs a proper hierarchical structure to function efficiently. Every person should know whom he/she is working under and to whom he/she needs to report. Clear establishment of such relationships helps to ensure the smooth functioning of an organisation.