Organization arose with the advent of humanity. From birth and death, a person is an integral part of any organization. This may be a family, tribal community, state, school, etc.
One of the definitions of the concept of "organization" is the combination of certain resources to achieve the goal. The resource of organizations created by people is man. Today, this term also means an association of people headed by a leader (chosen, self-proclaimed or appointed), called upon to carry out any plans.
They have been trying to classify the concept for a long time, but a single typology still does not exist. The types of organizations are distinguished according to the set goals, available resources, types of activities related to the achievement of the goals pursued, the quantitative composition and characteristics of behavior.
Before all, organizations related to the organization of human activity to achieve a goal arose. From this position, historians distinguish community, corporate, associative types of organizations.
As human society developed, they developed, changed their form, structure, content, old ones collapsed and new associations of people arose.
Today, there are formal and informal types of organizations. Informal consider voluntary, spontaneously formed unity of people who regularly enter into relationships within the organization. They are designed to fulfill mainly the psychological and social needs of group members.
Formal organizations are created intentionally, they are necessary to achieve the goals. They are divided into commercial and non-commercial.
A non-profit organization is an organization whose ultimate goal is not profit or its distribution between group members. They are created either for intangible needs (spiritual, for example) or to support cultural, social, etc. needs, achieving scientific or other goals, resolving disputes, or protecting citizens. Some political scientists believe that nonprofit organizations do better with social functions than even government bodies.
The structure of non-profit organizations includes, for example, Cossack societies, national parks, condominiums, legal associations, ethnic communities
Non- governmental organizations based on voluntary association are often called the "third sector" (as opposed to public and state). The Law on Public Associations clarifies that a public organization is an association created by the good will of citizens to achieve its goals. Members of such an association may be individuals, legal entities. It is the fixed membership that distinguishes all types of organizations (public) from the social movement. Membership in it is not formal. Public organizations have a permanent governing body, which is accountable to the highest body: congress, conference or general meeting.
Commercial types of organizations set themselves the goal of accumulating profits as a result of the sale of goods or the provision of services. This is LLC, OJSC, cooperatives, etc.
By the way of functioning, organizations can be production or non-production.
If we consider organizations in terms of capital ownership, then we can distinguish national, foreign, mixed, multinational enterprises.
In addition, the types of organizations are classified according to organizational and legal characteristics, resources, target characteristics, territory, structure and other characteristics.
Government organizations, state-owned, private, etc. can be distinguished into separate groups.