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Principles of organization1. Principle of unity of objectives : Organizational goals, departmental goals, and individual goalsmust be clearly defned. All goals and objectives must have uni ormity. When there is contradiction

among di erent level o goals desired goals can!t be achieved. "here ore, unity o objectives isnecessary

#. Principle of specialization : $ound and e ective organization believes on organization. "he termspecialization is related to %or& and employees. When an employee ta&es special type o &no%ledgeand s&ill in any area, it is &no%n as specialization. 'odern business organization needs thespecialization, s&ill and &no%ledge by this desired sector o economy and thus, e(ciency %ould beestablished.

). Principle of coordination : *n an organization many e+uipment, tools are used. oordination canbe obtained by group e ort that emphasize on unity o action. "here ore, coordination acilitates inseveral management concepts

-. Principle of authority : Authority is the &ind o right and po%er through %hich it guides anddirects the actions o others so that the organizational goals can be achieved. *t is also related %ithdecision ma&ing. *t is vested in particular position, not to the person because authority is given by aninstitution and there ore it is legal. *t generally o%s rom higher level to lo%est level omanagement. "here should be unbro&en line o authority.

/. Principle of responsibility : Authentic body o an organization is top level management, top levelmanagement direct the subordinates. 0epartmental managers and other personnel ta&e thedirection rom top level management to per orm the tas&. Authority is necessary to per orm the

%or& .only authority is not provided to the people but obligation is also provided. $o the obligationto per orm the duties and tas& is &no%n as responsibility. esponsibility can!t be delegated. *t can!tbe avoided.

2. Principle of delegation : 3rocess o trans erring authority and creation o responsibility bet%eensuperior and subordinates to accomplish a certain tas& is called delegation o authority. Authority isonly delegated, not responsibilities in all levels o management. "he authority delegated should bee+ual to responsibility

4. Principle of e ciency : *n enterprise di erent resources are used. "herese resources must beused in e ective manner. When the organization ulfll the objectives %ith minimum cost, it ise ective. Organization must al%ays concentrate on e(ciency.

5. Principle of unity of command : subordinates should receive orders rom single superior at atime and all subordinates should be accountable to that superior. 'ore superior leads to con usion,delay and so on.

6. Principle of span of control : unlimited subordinates cant be supervised by manager, thisprinciple thus helps to determine numerical limit i subordinates to be supervised by a manager."his improves e(ciency.

17. Principle of balance : the unctional activities their establishment and other per ormancesshould be balanced properly. Authority, centralization, decentralization must be balance e+ually."his is very challenging job but e(cient management must &eep it.

11. Principle of communication : ommunication is the process o trans ormation o in ormationrom one person to another o di erent levels. *t involves the systematic and continuous process o

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telling, listening and understanding opinions ideas, eelings, in ormation, vie%s etc, in o% oin ormation. 8 ective communication is important

1#. Principle of personal ability : or sound organization, human resources is important. 8mployeesmust be capable. Able employees can per orm higher. 'ainly training and development programsmust be encouraged to develop the s&ill in the employees

1). Principle of exibility : organizational structure must be e9ible considering the environmentaldynamism. $ometimes, dramatically change may occur in the organization and in that condition,organization should be ready to accept the change

1-. Principle of simplicity : this principles emphasizes the simplicity o organizational structure, thestructure i organization should be simple %ith minimum number o levels do that its member anunderstand duties and authorities.