Organisations - The Basic Units of Business

Organisations – the Basic Units of Business(Where the Action Is)This booklet forms a part of Basics of Business Management series and follows booklet 1 on Introduction to Business and Management. Titled as Organisations – the basic units of business some of the major aspects of business organisations covered in this booklet 2 are: How organisations are created; Culture structure Systems and Processes of an organisation and finally Basics of Business Strategy that enables the organisation to meet its objectives. As the sub-title indicates the business action takes place in the organisations and hence understanding how organisations function and how to function in an organisation are essential to become a successful manager and a leader.As part of the series this booklet will be of use to all those who are interested in the field of Business Management. If you are a practicing manager or an entrepreneur this could serve as a refresher. If you have recently taken up a managerial position this will be a useful reference book for you to look at some of the concepts mentioned here. If you are a student or a person interested to know the basics of management this will serve the purpose of a guidebook. This booklet is brief but comprehensive outlining all the major management concepts and practices in the topics mentioned above. Of course each concept in itself has been covered and discussed in great detail by many scholars and there are innumerable books on each of them. No one small booklet like this one can claim to do justice to all of them in a few pages. This is just a distilled and brief outline of them which again is intended to give an overview of these classic concepts so that the reader becomes familiar with them. Written in simple language without any jargon this booklet is easy to study and understand on the go.