Everything more or less complex has its own structure. What is this in practice, and what is it? What features of the structure exist? How is it formed? Here is an incomplete list of issues that will be addressed in the article.
Organization concept
First, find out what an organization is. This is the name of the spatio-temporal structure of certain factors that interact in order to obtain maximum qualitative and quantitative results in the shortest time and at the lowest possible cost.
An organization brings together processes that without it would interact inefficiently or even even non-purposefully. If there is an organization and structure, the action takes place within the previously planned order. Also, depending on certain external changes, operational measures can be taken to change the ongoing process.
Organizational structure
What is the organizational structure in practice? It is necessary to ensure the performance of specific and / or general functions. At the same time, appropriate horizontal and vertical connections are preserved, that is, the control elements are separated.
The former are focused on supporting ongoing processes, as well as on increasing the effect of spatial-production conditions.
Vertical connections are necessary to determine the number of control levels in order to be able to use subordinate and directive relationships.
Thus, thanks to the organizational structure, it is possible to regulate the division of tasks and goals into different departments and divisions, based on their competence in solving a certain range of problems, and overall interaction is improved.
How structures are formed
Conventionally, this process can be divided into 3 stages:
- The formation of a common structure.
- Development of the main units (objects) and the establishment of relations between them.
- Regulation of the result.
The process of forming the structure of any object / subject is always of fundamental importance. The fact is that during it the main set of characteristics and directions of activity is determined.
Of course, first the most important aspects of the system are determined. These include internal organization, information processing and staffing. Then goals are set that must be met and tasks that need to be addressed. Under this, the main subdivisions of the structure are developed, and a connection is established between them. And only at the end is the quantitative size of the characteristics considered.
When all aspects are processed, it means that there is already a finished structure. What does it give in practice? Different people with a different set of capabilities, talents and abilities come together to achieve a goal that no one could have achieved within a certain time frame. This is an indicator of the effectiveness of the structure. If this is not the case, then this indicates the failure of the construction of the model.
The formation of the structure, of course, is now covered only in the most general terms. But in practice, this process is much more complicated than theory.
Social structure
The social structure is called the form of interconnections and interrelations between various elements of society, which have acquired the appearance of repeating and sustainable. Thanks to her, life goes on in an organized and stable way. An example is the university.
With the beginning of autumn, new students come to it. Some people graduate every year. Despite the fact that students are constantly changing, the university continues to exist. Similar examples can be formulated with respect to the family, rock group, commercial company, religious community, nation - these are all representatives of the social structure.
As you can see, in it there are constant and orderly relationships between different members of a certain group of people that belong to different associations. This is a general structure, but in the future we will also consider particular cases.
Logical structure
By logical structure is meant the orderliness of a certain data array, which is consistent with a set of evaluation criteria formulated earlier. As a clearly structured subject, you can bring mathematics.
It does not allow an ambiguous interpretation of data. But, depending on the goals and points of consideration, the logical structure can change, and with it the final result. For example, there are two people - one of them is clean and the other is dirty. Which of them will go to wash? Two mutually exclusive logical options include the following:
- A dirty person will go to wash. The fact is that he needs to cleanse himself.
- A clean person will go to wash. This is necessary to maintain the condition of the body.
As you can see, there is a certain logical conclusion, which depends on what our structure is based on. As a third option, we can propose a situation where the two indicated combine.
Management structure
There is also a management structure. It is designed to increase the effectiveness of all the individual components of a particular organization. Management structures are required to have access to complete and truthful information in order to have a beneficial effect on what obeys them.
In the human body, their role is played by the brain and nervous system. At enterprises, this is the board of directors and managing management. The structure of a modern company is constantly being improved (this can be seen in the example of the development of organizations over the past few decades). While changes in the qualitative plan in a person (his brain and nervous system) are less noticeable from a physiological point of view.
Financial structure
A financial structure is necessary to ensure accountability for funds used. Thanks to it, it is possible to track abuses, as well as stable and confident work of various organizations.
A good structure of funds allows them to reach their recipient faster, and automatically leads to fewer different hitches during transactions. And the better it functions, the greater the quantitative and qualitative characteristics you can get.
State structures
In contrast to the previous ones, the state structure is faced with the task of ensuring the activities of the whole country and its population, as well as the regulation of internal and external relations. We’ll look at everything in more detail for a very long time, so let's focus on the university’s example that has already been touched upon, and in a broad sense, find out what the structure of education is.
The main consumer of this type of service is a student. The education sector is being created in order to prepare specialists who can support the functioning of the state, that is, it forms a personnel reserve. To make this possible, students are taught by teachers. They are guided by the programs created by the Ministry of Education. But certain aspects can also change in them if certain powers have been delegated to universities (at the level of the administration, dean's office or department).
Thanks to such flexibility, it is possible to search for ways to improve the education provided by the example of individual institutions in order to improve the entire system in the future (not only universities, but also schools).
Commercial structures
Commercial structures must ensure the optimal flow of production processes necessary for the manufacture of goods and the provision of services. In general, in the modern world, commercial structure is very important. What does it give the organization?
Thanks to it, you can set up an enterprise or company so that you get the greatest effect with the least expense. But this requires careful study of many issues. In addition, in this case, the qualitative aspect of human capital, which is used within a particular organization, is of great importance.
Nonprofit Structures
Nonprofit structures, as a rule, have social goals in front of them, which is displayed on their organization. Their peculiarity is flexibility, as well as voluntariness of participation.
Support for the work of the organization can be carried out thanks to the means of the participants themselves (volunteers of this structure) or rich virtues. In the first case, one can observe the manifestation of a civic initiative that deals with a specific problem or achieves a specific goal (to teach children to appreciate the environment, etc.). In the second version, virtue can create an “own” organization that will work in a certain direction (to help the poor, large families, etc.).
Software structure
Now about the structure of the software. It is built to enable the software to perform the functions assigned to it. Theoretically, it always has the possibility of improvement. The only question is how necessary is it and whether it will pay off.
When creating programs, connections are always established between variables and their belonging to something specific. Also, within the framework of the structure, it is necessary to stipulate the level of access to them. If a variable is used in only one function, it can be written with a local scope. If it is necessary for the work of several, maybe even classes, then it should be declared public. But such a step potentially makes the program more vulnerable, therefore, the structure of the program in this case should also have protective mechanisms that will not allow malicious users to exploit the gaps.