A formal organization is an organization characterized by:
- strictly prescribed and documented goals, rules and role functions;
- rationality and impersonality of relations between its members;
- the presence of an authority and management apparatus.
Formal organization is a way of organization, built on the social formalization of relations, statuses, norms. An example is an enterprise, a university, a bank and many other organizations that are officially registered and operate strictly in accordance with formally fixed rules. They do not provide for any other relations between individuals other than official, no other purpose than functional. [one]
See also
- Social organizations
- Formal social groups
Notes
- ↑ Mersiyanova I.V. Organizational behavior. - Novosibirsk: NSU , 2003.S. 13.
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