An organization is a system of consciously coordinated activities or forces of two or more persons.

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According to Chester I Barnard's classic definition, an organization is "a system of consciously coordinated activities or forces of two or more persons." Embodied in the conscious coordination aspect of this definition are four common denominators of all organizations: coordination of effort, a common goal, division of labor, and a hierarchy of authority.

An Organization Is a System of Consciously Coordinated Activities or Forces