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For starters, here is definition of formal organizations.
?Formal organization is a fixed set of rules of intra-organization
procedures and structures. As such, it is usually set out in writing,
with a language of rules that ostensibly leave little discretion for
interpretation. In some societies and in some organization, such rules
may be strictly followed; in others, they may be little more than an
empty formalism.?
?Formal Organizations?
http://lockergnome.smartpedia.com/s/b/Formal_organization
A visual representation of formal organizations can be seen in organization charts.
?Organization Charts, or Org Charts for short, are used to show people
the intended structure of the organization. This "formal" organization
is supposed to reflect the power structure of the company.?
?Organization Charts as a Management Tool?
http://management.about.com/cs/generalmanagement/a/OrgCharts.htm
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Our next link meanwhile provides the difference of a formal and an
informal organization. The example is taken from the point of view of
business organizations.
?Formalization is an important aspect of structure. It is the extent
to which the units of the organization are explicitly defined and its
policies, procedures, and goals are clearly stated. It is the official
organizational structure conceived and built by top management.?
The ?informal organization? meanwhile can be defined in this manner:
?The informal organization is the network, unrelated to the firm's
formal authority structure, of social interactions among its
employees. It is the personal and social relationships that arise
spontaneously as people associate with one another in the work
environment.?
?Organizing Process?
http://ollie.dcccd.edu/mgmt1374/book_contents/3organizing/org_process/org_process.htm
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There are different types of formal organizations. Here are the
different kinds of organizations considered as formal in nature:
a. Voluntary
b. Coercive
c. Utilitarian
?Formal Organizations?
http://www.tusculum.edu/faculty/home/cnicolas/html/kiesling.htm
Finally, when we talk about ?formal organizations? we should talk
about bureaucracies since it is a good sociological picture of such a
group.
?A formal organization with defined objectives, a hierarchy of
specialized roles and systematic processes of direction and
administration. Bureaucracy is found in earlier times in history, for
example in administration of agricultural irrigation systems, the
Roman army, the Catholic church, but it becomes most prominent in the
large-scale administration of agencies of the modern state and modern
business corporations.?
?Bureaucracies enable governments to generate, process, distribute,
and store information. Even the Egyptian, Roman, and other ancient
empires were administered in part by bureaucracies. Yet the terms
"bureaucracy," "bureaucratic," and "bureaucrat" are not ancient; they
date from the 1830s and 1840s.?
?BUREAUCRACY?
http://www.sociologyindex.com/bureaucracy.htm
Here are other basic definitions of the term ?bureaucracy?.
Google Definitions
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