a number of persons or groups having specific responsibilities and united for some purpose or work; a number of terminals and communication lines united with a common purpose. The purpose keeps in contact with one another the terminals and the lines. An organization isn't a factory or a house. It isn't a machine or a product. It is something which hasits own spirit. It is composed of people who are governed by certain rules and purposes and who know how to do their jobs. —How To Live Though an Executive. Final approval 31.10.89