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organization

Also known as organisation, organizations, organisations, institution, organization in sociology

thumb|Structure of the United Nations organization An organization or organisation (Commonwealth English; see spelling differences) is an entity—such as a company, or corporation or an institution (formal organization), or an association—comprising one or more people and having a particular purpose.

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An organization is a group of people brought together under a formal structure to accomplish a shared purpose, such as a business, government institution, or association. Organizations matter because they allow people to coordinate their efforts and resources to achieve goals that would be difficult or impossible to accomplish alone.

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Research

3,151,473 papers

Palliative Care: the World Health Organization's global perspective.ReviewJournal of pain and symptom management · 2002Sepúlveda C, Marlin A, Yoshida T et al.DOI: 10.1016/s0885-3924(02)00440-2
[Reinventing a public health organization].Gaceta sanitaria · 2022Grupo PlanterDOI: 10.1016/j.gaceta.2020.06.011
The World Health Organization's action plan on the road traffic injury pandemic: is there any action for orthopaedic trauma surgeons?ReviewJournal of orthopaedic trauma · 2014Moroz PJ, Spiegel DADOI: 10.1097/BOT.0000000000000105
Religion and the World Health Organization: an evolving relationship.BMJ global health · 2021Winiger F, Peng-Keller SDOI: 10.1136/bmjgh-2020-004073
Increasing minority research participation through community organization outreach.ReviewWestern journal of nursing research · 2006Alvarez RA, Vasquez E, Mayorga CC et al.DOI: 10.1177/0193945906287215
Patient Partnership: One Organization's Journey.Nursing leadership (Toronto, Ont.) · 2017Velji K, Tyrrell C, Rice M et al.DOI: 10.12927/cjnl.2018.25381
[Management of a cholera epidemic by a humanitarian organization].ReviewMedecine tropicale : revue du Corps de sante colonial · 2002Piarroux R
Organization-level predictors of sustained social movement participation.American journal of community psychology · 2015Tesdahl EA, Speer PWDOI: 10.1007/s10464-014-9692-9

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equivalent class: www.w3.org/ns/activitystreams#Organization
P7771: cuneiform
Commons category: Organizations
exact match: w3id.org/italia/onto/COV/Organization
P8979: Android

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Contents

Types
Structures
Committees or juries
Pyramids or hierarchical
Theories
Leadership
Formal organizations
Informal organizations
The interplay between formal and informal organizations
See also
References
Further reading
External links

Organizations may also operate secretly or illegally in the case of secret societies, criminal organizations, and resistance movements. And in some cases may have obstacles from other organizations (e.g.: MLK's organization).