I think the point you're making here is a very good one. So how does one
define "organisation"?
According to Chambers English Dictionary, an organisation is (amongst
other things) 'an organised system, body, or society'. That's a fairly
broad definition, but I guess its a reasonable starting point.
Over the last couple of days various people have offered their view of
organisations, places where people get together, places where we strive to
achieve a common goal etc. They are all very true, but the question I
first asked is still niggling away. Organisations are places where people
come to work. True, they are also places where people come to learn, get
well etc, but they exist because people work to maintain them.
We could do all these things under other structures too, we don't have to
learn in a university or a college. I don't have to be in a university to
do my job, I could do it just as easily at home plugged into the internet.
In fact there are lots of things I could do by myself instead of depending
on organisations, its just more convenient not to......
--"Jo Hamill" <jhamill@srv1.mis.ed.ac.uk>
Learning-org -- An Internet Dialog on Learning Organizations For info: <rkarash@karash.com> -or- <http://world.std.com/~lo/>