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  2. Biological organisation - Wikipedia

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    Multiple macromolecules form a cell, like a club cell. A group of cells functioning together as a tissue, for example, Epithelial tissue. Different tissues make up an organ, like a lung. Organs work together to form an organ system, such as the Respiratory System. All of the organ systems make a living organism, like a lion.

  3. Staff and line - Wikipedia

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    Staff specialists can work more effectively for long term performance improvement unhampered by the pressures of day to day problems. [13] Staff functional support is most advantageous when line and staff roles & responsibilities are clearly defined within the organization structure and all individuals are held accountable.

  4. Organizational theory - Wikipedia

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    In the early 20th century, theories of organizations initially took a rational perspective but have since become more diverse. In a rational organization system, there are two significant parts: Specificity of Goals and Formalization. The division of labor is the specialization of individual labor roles, associated with increasing output and trade.

  5. Biological system - Wikipedia

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    A biological system is a complex network which connects several biologically relevant entities. Biological organization spans several scales and are determined based different structures depending on what the system is. [1] Examples of biological systems at the macro scale are populations of organisms.

  6. Heterarchy - Wikipedia

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    In a group of related items, heterarchy is a state wherein any pair of items is likely to be related in two or more differing ways. Whereas hierarchies sort groups into progressively smaller categories and subcategories, heterarchies divide and unite groups variously, according to multiple concerns that emerge or recede from view according to perspective.

  7. Organizational architecture - Wikipedia

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    Organizational architecture, also known as organizational design, is a field concerned with the creation of roles, processes, and formal reporting relationships in an organization. It refers to architecture metaphorically, as a structure which fleshes out the organizations.

  8. Role theory - Wikipedia

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    Split into two narrower definitions: status is one's position within a social system or group; [14] and role is one's pattern of behavior associated with a status. [14] Organizational role is defined as "recurring actions of an individual, appropriately interrelated with the repetitive activities of others so as to yield a predictable outcome ...

  9. Organization studies - Wikipedia

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    Researchers interested in organizations and organizing meet in the context of numerous conferences and workshops: the Academy of Management Annual Conference (in particular the OMT division), the European Group for Organizational Studies (EGOS), the Asia Pacific conference on Research in Organization Studies (APROS), the American and European Conference on Organization Studies (LAEMOS), the ...