An organization is a consciously coordinated social entity, with a relatively identifiable boundary, that functions on a relatively continuous basis to achieve a common goal or set of goals. That's a mouthful of words, so let us break it down into its more relevant parts.
The words consciously coordinated imply management. Social
entity means that the unit is composed of people or groups of people
who interact with each other. The interaction patterns that people
follow in an organization do not just emerge; rather, they are pre¬