Organizational Process

A process is a set of logically sequenced actions. Organizations achieve their goals by creating products and services in a logical sequence. This sequence is made up of

•  Vision & Mission
• A formal statement of what a business wants to be. Vision is the state one wants to be whereas mission is the way of doing it or getting there.
• How to make a Vision ?
• Core Values
• Core Purposes
• Big Hairy Audacious Goal
• Vivid Description
• Strategy
• Corporate Strategy
• In a large organization, there may be several businesses governed by a central headquarters. Each of this business can be run independently but headquarters or the governing body has plans on how each business should operate.
• Business Strategy
• Every business has a plan or business strategy for doing business.
• Functional Strategy
• Each department or system within an organization may have its own agenda or strategy aligned with business strategy.
• Structure
• Simple
• Hierarchy
• Flat
• Adhocracy
• Matrix
• Teams
• Systems
• A unit where similar functions are grouped, a logical order is created with an organized flow of information and resources. A system is mostly independent entity in an organization.
• Process
• Is a set of logically sequenced actions that produce some final output
• Jobs
• A job is set of similar activities. A group of jobs form the process.
• Tasks
• This is the most basic unit of work in an organization

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