Organization
According to WordNet 2.1, the word "organization has the following senses:
a group of people who work together
arrangement: an organized structure for arranging or classifying; "he changed the arrangement of the topics"; "the facts were familiar but it was in the organization of them that he was original"; "he tried to understand their system of classification"
administration: the persons (or committees or departments etc.) who make up a body for the purpose of administering something; "he claims that the present administration is corrupt"; "the governance of an association is responsible to its members"; "he quickly became recognized as a member of the establishment"
constitution: the act of forming something; "the constitution of a PTA group last year"; "it was the establishment of his reputation"; "he still remembers the organization of the club"
the act of organizing a business or an activity related to a business; "he was brought in to supervise the organization of a new department"
the activity or result of distributing or disposing persons or things properly or methodically; "his organization of the work force was very efficient"
an ordered manner; orderliness by virtue of being
methodical and well organized; "his compulsive organization was not an
endearing quality"; "we can't do it unless we establish some system around
here"
In the field of Knowledge Organization (KO) is the word "organization" understood in the second sense: "arrangement: an organized structure for arranging or classifying". The concept is comprehensively introduced by Bliss (1929).
Literature:
Bliss, H. E. (1929). The organization of knowledge and the system of the sciences. New York: Henry Holt and Company.
WordNet 2.1. (2006). Organization. http://wordnet.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=organization
See also: Order (Core concepts in LIS); Self-organization
Birger Hjørland
Last edited: 18-07-2006