Question
Distinguish between 'Formal' and 'Informal' organisation.
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Basis
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Formal Organisation
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Informal Organisation
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Formation
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Deliberately planned and created by management.
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Emerges spontaneously as a result of social interaction among people.
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Purpose
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To achieve planned organisational goals.
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To satisfy social & cultural needs & fulfil common interests.
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Behaviour of members
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Prescribed and enforced by Management.
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Evolved by mutual consent among members called group norms.
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Structure
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Has a well-defined structure of tasks and relationships.
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Does not have a clear-cut structure but a complex network of relations.
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Communication
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Official lines of communication.
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Communication based on convenience.
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Leadership
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Managers are leaders by virtue of their superior position.
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Leaders are chosen.
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Stability
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Stable and predictable.
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Neither stable nor predictable.
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Adherence to rules
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Violation of rules may lead to penalties.
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No such punishment - at the most social disapproval.
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Interdependence
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Exists independently of formal organisation.
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Exists within the framework of formal organisation.
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