Referring again to the necessity of a disregard of individuals in perfecting an organization, it is not the province of the business engineer to determine the qualifications of the men. He must be governed solely by the requirements of the business. When his work is completed, it is for the management to decide who is best fitted to assume the duties and carry out the purposes of the departments and positions created.
We refer, for convenience, to the business engineer or systematizer; the principle is the same whether the one doing the work is acting in a professional capacity, perfecting the organization of his employer's business, or even solving the problems of his own establishment.
OBJECTS AND CHARACTERISTICS OF ORGANIZATION
5. To reduce the subject to concrete form, the objects of business organization may be defined as follows:
| (A) | To unite the individuals who are to conduct an enterprise into a body which will work systematically to a common end. |
| (B) | To bring together or group the component parts of the body with respect to their specific relations and duties. |
| (C) | To elect officers and appoint committees and authorities with clearly defined duties and responsibilities. |
These definitions all lead to a common center, that is, coöperation. Without co-operation the success of any organization is very questionable, if not impossible. With it—a body of men all working together for a common end—almost any apparent obstacle will be surmounted. No matter how large an organization may be, how many or wide its ramifications, if the spirit of co-operation prevails, it will move as one irresistible body.
And, regardless of the size or nature of a business enterprise, the organization, as here used, resolves itself into certain easily distinguished components, as follows:
First: The owners, represented in a corporation by the stockholders or investing public; in a partnership, by the partners; in an individual business, by the proprietor.
Second: The executive or managerial division.
Third: The commercial or active business division.