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The general history of a group of people who work together in an organized way for a shared purpose.
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The history of organizations describes an evolutionary flow of the methods by which human beings structure the activities necessary to their survival. Organization is essential for human activities that provide the basic physical needs of food, clothing, and shelter. Under conditions of chronic change, humanity has endeavored to develop the most effective method of organizing these activities to compete for survival and meet the challenges of a particular era. The rise of organizations is marked by the constant adaption to changes in the technological, cultural, political, and economic environments. The story of the historical changes in the form and nature of organization is inevitably linked with the current changes to organizations, which are occurring in a more...
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Shinohara, S. (2016). History of Organizations. In: Farazmand, A. (eds) Global Encyclopedia of Public Administration, Public Policy, and Governance. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-31816-5_1-1
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