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Organic lawn management Organic lawn management is the practice of establishing and caring for a garden lawn without the use of chemical inputs such as pesticides or artificial fertilisers. It is claimed that organic lawns have the capacity to contribute to biodiversity and that this is part of the answer to the significant environmental issues brought up by the use of lawnsOrganic Lawn Care Movement Developing Across the U.
Organic life Organic life is life which is cellular, carbon-and-water-based with complex organization, having a metabolism, a capacity to grow, respond to stimuli, reproduce and—through natural selection—adapt. That is, all terrestrial organisms: plants, animals, fungi, protists and bacteria, but not viruses.
Organic light-emitting diode An organic light-emitting diode (OLED) is a special type of light-emitting diode (LED) in which the emissive layer comprises a thin-film of certain organic compounds. The emissive electroluminescent layer can include a polymeric substance that allows the deposition of very suitable organic compounds, for example, in rows and columns on a flat carrier by using a simple "printing" method to create a matrix of pixels which can emit different colored light.
Organic linking Organic linking is the development of hypertext links between web sites without or without an explicit agreement to exchange links. Organic links are more likely to appear in a context relevant to the subject of the target document, which makes them useful for search engines like Google search that rank pages according to their links.
Organic Law of the People's Courts of the People's Republic of China The Organic Law of the People's Courts of the People's Republic of China (ä¸ĺŤŽäşşć°‘共和国人民法院组织法) is the organic law for the people's courts in the People's Republic of China. It was passed in 1954 for the first time.
Organic movement Organic movement broadly refers to the organizations and individuals involved worldwide in the promotion organic farming, which they believe to be a more sustainable mode of agriculture. Its history goes back to the first half of the 20th century, when modern large-scale agricultural practices began to appear..
Organic nonlinear optics Organic nonlinear optics is a subfield of nonlinear optics that focuses on the interaction of light with organic materials such as polymers (including plastics) and organic crystals. There are many kinds of materials that can be synthesized using the techniques of organic chemistry, so this subfield is much broader than inorganic nonlinear optics both in the number of materials studied and the wealth of nonlinear processes available for study.
Organic poetry Organic poetry is a social game designed to produce collaborative poetry, using a program to generate forking chains of words. It is an exercise in creating a rhizome-like network of words, which can be read meaningfully in multiple, non-linear ways.
Organic reaction Organic reactions are chemical reactions involving organic compounds. The basic organic chemistry reaction types are addition reactions, elimination reactions, substitution reactions, pericyclic reactions, rearrangement reactions and redox reactions.
Organic redox reaction Organic reductions or organic oxidations or organic redox reactions are redox reactions that take place with organic compounds. In organic chemistry oxidations and reductions are different from ordinary redox reactions because many reactions carry the name but do not actually involve electron transfer in the electrochemical sense of the word.
Organic search An organic search is a process by which World Wide Web users find web sites having unpaid search engine listings, as opposed to using the pay per click advertisement listings displayed among the search results.
Organic semiconductor Semiconductors are compounds whose electrical conductivity is midway between that of typical metals and that of insulating compounds. Both short chain oligomers and long chain (polymers) organic semiconductors are known.
Organic statute Organic statute is a calque from French: "Règlement Organique", literally "regulations for an organ", with "organ" meaning an organization or governmental body. The term is traditionally used for statutes of various organizations for organic laws (substitutes of constitutions) in vaious countries, especially dependent ones.
Organic synthesis Organic synthesis is the construction of organic molecules via chemical processes. Organic molecules can often contain a higher level of complexity compared to purely inorganic compounds, so the synthesis of organic compounds has developed into one of the most important aspects of organic chemistry.
Organic Surrealism Organic Surrealism is a method of pure psychic automatism by which one expresses verbally, in writing, or by any other method “the true functioning of the mind”. Dictation occurs in the absence of any control exercised by reason, and beyond any aesthetic, moral preoccupation, or law based in reality.
Organic Syntheses Organic Syntheses is a scientific journal that since 1921 has provided the chemistry community with annual collections of detailed and checked procedures for the organic synthesis of organic compounds. The journal has a solid reputation because each contribution is independently checked by a group of other chemists.
Organic Trade Association The Organic Trade Association (OTA) is a membership-based business association that focuses on the organic business community in North America. OTA's mission is to promote ethical consumerism, promoting and protecting the growth of organic trade to benefit the environment, farmers, the public and the economy.
Organic work Organic work (, lit. work at the bases) is a term coined by 19th century Polish positivists, denoting an ideology demanding that the vital powers of the nation be spent on labour rather than fruitless national uprisings.
Organisation (band) Organisation was an experimental Krautrock band, that was the immediate predecessor of the band Kraftwerk. In addition to the founding members of Kraftwerk, Florian Schneider-Esleben and Ralf Hütter, Organisation consisted of Basil Hammoudi, Butch Hauf and Alfred Mönicks (alias Fred Monicks).
Organisation and Technology Research Organisation and Technology Research (or OTR plc) is a European Information Technology research company, founded in 1985. The group has offices in Brussels (Belgium), London (United Kingdom) and The Hague (The Netherlands).
Organisation Africaine de la Propriété Intellectuelle The Organisation Africaine de la Propriété Intellectuelle or OAPI (English: African Intellectual Property Organization) is an intellectual property organization, headquartered in Yaoundé, Cameroon. The organisation was created by Bangui Agreement of March 2, 1977.
Organisation Consul Organisation Consul was an ultra-nationalist death squad operating in Germany in 1921 and 1922. It was formed by members of the Marinebrigade Ehrhardt, a Freikorps unit which disbanded after the Kapp Putsch failed to overthrow the German Weimar Republic.
Organisation de l'armée secrète The Organisation de l'armée secrète (OAS, lit. "Secret Army Organization" — sometimes called Organisation armée secrète, "Secret Armed Organization") was a short-lived French nationalist political-military underground organization formed in January 1961 during the Algerian War of Independence (1954-62), which used violence in an attempt to keep French control of the départements in Algeria and to prevent Algeria's independence.
Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development The Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) is an international organisation of those developed countries that accept the principles of representative democracy and a free market economy. It originated in 1948 as the Organisation for European Economic Co-operation (OEEC), led by Frenchman Robert Marjolin, to help administer the Marshall Plan for the reconstruction of Europe after World War II.
Organisation for Free Software in Education and Teaching OFSET is a community of volunteers willing to develop and to enhance free software for education. OFSET believes the success of free software in education can be achieved with open and frank collaboration between teachers, software developers, translators, and authors.
Organisation for National Reconstruction The Organisation for National Reconstruction (ONR) is a defunct political party in Trinidad and Tobago. It was led by Karl Hudson-Phillips (former Attorney General and member of the People's National Movement) and Surujrattan Rambachan.
Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons The Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) is an international agency, located in The Hague, The Netherlands. Its mission is to promote membership of the Chemical Weapons Convention treaty which entered into force in 1997 and mandated the elimination of "the scourge of chemical weapons forever and to verify the destruction of the declared chemical weapons stockpiles within stipulated deadlines.
Organisation Internationale des Constructeurs d'Automobiles The Organisation Internationale des Constructeurs d'Automobiles ("International Organization of Motor Vehicle Manufacturers"), commonly called the OICA, is a federation of automobile manufacturers. It coordinates communication among manufacturers as well as a number of international auto shows.
Organisation Intersex International The Organisation Intersex International (OII), founded in 2003 by Curtis Hinkle, is a decentralised network established to give voice to intersex people primarily outside the USA, those speaking languages other than just English, and people who do not fit the medicalised categories of disorder promoted by some other intersex groups: it is for people born with bodies which have atypical sexual characteristics. OII rejects the terminology of disorder (as in DSD), as well as the sexualization of intersex (as in intersexuality) within an LGBT framework; rather OII seeks to acknowldege intersex people's own distinct sexuality, or non-sexuality, or as people who may identify as gay, lesbian, trans or straight, and in alliance with people of diverse sexual orientations.
Organisation of African Unity The Organisation of African Unity (OAU) or Organisation de l'Unité Africaine (OUA) was established on May 25, 1963. It was disbanded July 9, 2002 by its last chairman, South African Thabo Mbeki and replaced by the African Union.
Organisation of Communists of Italy (marxist-leninists) Organisation of Communists of Italy (marxist-leninists) (in Italian: Organizzazione dei Comunisti d'Italia (marxisti-leninisti)), initially known as Communist Committee (m-l) of Bologna (Comitato Comunista (m-l) di Bologna), was a communist group in Italy, founded around 1968.
Organisation of Eastern Caribbean States The Organisation of Eastern Caribbean States (OECS) is an inter-governmental organisation dedicated to economic harmonisation and integration, protection of human and legal rights, and the encouragement of good governance between countries and dependencies in the Eastern Caribbean. It also performs the role of spreading responsibility and liability in the event of natural disaster, such as a hurricane.
Organisation of Marxist-Leninists of Spain Organisation of Marxist-Leninists of Spain (in Spanish: Organización de Marxistas-Leninistas de España) was a Spanish communist group. OMLE was formed in Brussels in September 1968 by various nuclei that had left the Communist Party of Spain (PCE).
Organisation of Young Free Algerians The Organisation of Young Free Algerians (OJAL, French Organisation des jeunes Algériens libres) claimed to be an anti-Islamist, pro-government armed group in the Algerian Civil War, active mainly in 1994 and 1995. They claimed responsibility for attacks against civilian Islamist sympathisers.
Organisation pour la mise en valeur du fleuve Sénégal The Organisation pour la mise en valeur du fleuve Sénégal (OMVS) is an organisation founded in 1972 by Mali, Mauritania and Senegal to manage the Senegal River and its river basin. Its aims are to promote self-sufficiency in food, to improve the income of the local populations, and to preserve the natural ecosystems.
Organisation Scientifique et Technique du Vol à Voile Organisation Scientifique et Technique du Vol à Voile (OSTIV) is a body associated with the FAI Gliding Commission (IGC). The FAIGC oversees the sport of gliding worldwide and is a department of the Fédération Aéronautique Internationale (FAI).
Organisation Todt The Organisation Todt (OT) was a Third Reich civil and military engineering group in Germany eponymously named for its founder, Fritz Todt, an engineer and senior Nazi figure. The organization was responsible for a huge range of engineering projects both in pre-World War II Germany and in Germany itself and occupied territories from France to Russia during the war.
Organisational Project Management Maturity Model Organizational Project Management Maturity Model (OPM3®)is a standard] developed by volunteers and owned by the [[Project Management Institute that provides requirements for assessing and developing capabilities in portfolio, program, and project management, helping organizations to advance organizational strategies through projects.
Organisations of the Singapore Government The government of Singapore consists of several departments, known as ministries and statutory boards in Singapore. Ministries are led by a member of the cabinet and deal with state matters that require direct political oversight.
Organiser The in-house publication / newspaper of the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh. Organiser was first launched in 1947 (in the weeks before Partition of India), and has since been edited by some of the leading figures of Hindu nationalist thought.
Organising Committee for the Reconstruction of the Fourth International The Organising Committee for the Reconstruction of the Fourth International (OCRFI) was set up in 1972 by various Trotskyist groups, formerly affiliated to the International Committee of the Fourth International, which were allied to Pierre Lambert's Internationalist Communist Organisation (OCI).
Organising model The organising model, as the term refers to trade unions (and sometimes other social-movement organisations) is a broad conception of how those organisations should recruit, operate and advance the interests of their members. It typically involves many full-time organisers, who work by building up confidence, strong networks and leaders within the workforce, and confrontational campaigns involving large numbers of union members.
Organismic organisation The organismic (also called organic organisation) type of organization is adapted to unstable conditions when new and unfamiliar problems continually arise, which cannot be broken down and distributed among the existing specialist roles.
Organization An organization or organisation (read more about -ize vs -ise) is a social arrangement which pursues collective goals, which controls its own performance, and which has a boundary separating it from its environment. The word itself is derived from the Greek word ὄĎγανον (organon) meaning tool.
Organization design Organization design involves the creation of roles, processes, and formal reporting relationships in an organization. One can distinguish between two phases in an organization design process: Strategic grouping, which establishes the overall structure of the organization (its main sub-units and their relationships), and operational design, which defines the more detailed roles and processes.
Organization Development Journal The Organisation Development Journal is a peer reviewed journal (ISSN 0889-6402) published in the United States of America on organization development and work psychology. The current editor is Dr Terry Armstrong RODC.
Organization for Community Supported Sustainable Agriculture in Chad Organization for Community Supported Sustainable Agriculture in Chad is a non-profit organization founded in 2003 by 40-year old, Chadian scholar and graduate of Brigham Young University, Toupta Boguena. OCSSAC, which has about 100 members, most of whom are from Utah, United States, provides clothes, medical and farming supplies, and helps build local infrastructure.
Organization for Interactive Computing The Organization for Interactive Computing is a registered student organization at Northern Michigan University. Since this organization has only one chapter at NMU, we can say that the OIC is based out of Marquette, Michigan in the United States.
Organization for Mine Clearance and Afghan Rehabilitation Organization for Mine Clearance and Afghan Rehabilitation (OMAR) is the chief organisation in the awareness and removal of mines in Afghanistan. It was founded in 1990 and initially operated in the western provinces of Afghanistan, it has since branched out to the rest of the country.
Organization for Popular Democracy - Labour Movement Organization for Popular Democracy - Labour Movement (French: Congrès Organisation pour la Démocratie Populaire - Mouvement du Travail) was the ruling political party in Burkina Faso. It was founded in April 1989 by the Union of Burkinabè Communists, the Revolutionary Military Organization (OMR) and factions from Communist Struggle Union - The Flame and Burkinabè Communist Group as a Party based on Marxism, but strongly pragmatic, adopting the free market in its economic plan.
Organization for Revolutionary Unity The Organization for Revolutionary Unity (ORU) was an anti-revisionist Marxist-Leninist organization in the United States. ORU was formed in 1983 from a merger of the Committee for a Proletarian Party (CPP) and the Communist Organization, Bay Area (COBA).
Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe Created as an East-West forum during the Cold War era, the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE) is today very much an operational international organization for securing stability, based on democratic practices and good governance. Most of its 3,500+ staff are engaged in field operations, with only around 10 per cent in its headquarters and other offices.
Organization for the Liberal Democracy in Venezuela The Organization for the Liberal Democracy in Venezuela (OrganizaciĂłn por la Democracia Liberal en Venezuela, ODLV) is a classical liberal think tank from Caracas, Venezuela, created by a group of libertarian students. They are directive members of the Hispanic American Liberal Conference and as an intellectual group nowadays, they are willing to become a political party in the 2010.
Organization for the Reconstruction of the Communist Party (Marxist-Leninist) Organization for the Reconstruction of the Communist Party (Marxist-Leninist) (in Portuguese: Organização para a Reconstrução do Partido Comunista (Marxista-Leninista)) was a communist group in Portugal led by Fransisco Martins Rodrigues. ORPC(ML) was formed in 1975.
Organization for the Reconstruction of the Communist Party of Greece The Organization for the Reconstruction of the Communist Party of Greece (Greek: ÎźĎγάνωĎη για την ΑναĎυγκĎότηĎη του ΚομουνιĎτικού Κόμματος Ελλάδας, Orgánosi yia tin AnasigkrĂłtisi tou KomounistikoĂş KĂłmmatos Elládas), mostly known by its acronym OAKKE, is a minor political party present in most of the nationwide Greek elections.
Organization of Arab Petroleum Exporting Countries The Organization of Arab Petroleum Exporting Countries or OAPEC is a multi-governmental organization headquartered in Kuwait which coordinates energy policies in Arab nations, and whose main stated purpose is developmental.
Organization of Artisans' Unity The Organization of Artisans' Unity (OAU) is one of two primary trade union affiliates of the National Trade Unions Confederation in Mauritius. Based in the tea and sugar industries, the OAU also represents workers in the textile, as well as hotel and catering sectors.
Organization of Central American States The Organization of Central American States (ODECA) is a regional organisation, formed on October 14, 1951 at a meeting in San Salvador to promote regional cooperation, intergrity and unity in Central America. Countries that make up the confedration are Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, and Nicaragua.
Organization of Central Asian Cooperation The Organization of Central Asian Cooperation (OCAC) is an international organization, composed of Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan and Russia. The current member nations, minus Russia and Tajikistan, plus Turkmenistan, formed the OCAC in 1991 as Central Asian Commonwealth.
Organization of Communist Revolutionaries (marxist-leninist) Organization of Communist Revolutionaries (marxist-leninist) (in Persian: (سازمان انقلابیŮن Ú©Ů…Ůنیست (Ů…-Ů„) was an Iranian Maoist organization. It was formed in opposition to the Shah regime in Iran and was active the Iranian student movement in exile.
Organization of Chinese Americans Founded in 1973, Organization of Chinese Americans is a national organization dedicated to advancing the social, political, and economic well-being of Asian Pacific Americans in the United States. OCA aims to embrace the hopes and aspirations of nearly 12 million Asian Pacific Americans in the United States.
Organization of Ibero-American States The Organization of Ibero-American States (Spanish: Organización de Estados Iberoamericanos; Portuguese: Organização dos Estados Ibero-americanos; formally The Organization of Ibero-American States for Education, Science and Culture) is an international organization, comprising the Spanish- and Portuguese-speaking nations of the Americas and Europe, plus Equatorial Guinea in Africa.
Organization of Iranian People's Fedaian (Majority) The Organization of Iranian People's Fedai Guerrillas emerged as radical Marxist-Leninist movement in Iran in 1971, formed to overthrow the Pahlavi regime. The group fought against the governments of Mohammad Reza Shah and after the 1979 revolution, the government of the Islamic Republic of Iran.
Organization of Pakistani Entrepreneurs of North America The Organization of Pakistani Entrepreneurs of North America (OPEN) is a not-for-profit organization, whose sole focus is the promotion of entrepreneurship and professional growth. OPEN is a secular and non-political organization.
Organization of Pan Asian American Women The Organization of Pan Asian American Women is a public policy organization founded in 1976, which aim to address the concerns of Asian-Pacific American women, and to increase their participation in policy making and leadership.
Organization of Sikkimese Unity Organization of Sikkimese Unity, a political organization in the Indian state of Sikkim. OSU was founded in 1994 to fight for the reinstallment of reservation quotas for the Nepali-speaking majority of the state.
Organization of Solidarity with the People of Asia, Africa and Latin America The Organization of Solidarity with the People of Asia, Africa and Latin America (Organización de Solidaridad con los Pueblos de Asia, Africa y América Latina), abbreviated as OSPAAAL, is a Cuban political movement with the stated purpose of fighting globalisation, imperialism, neoliberalism and defending human rights. It publishes the magazine Tricontinental.
Organization of the Black Sea Economic Cooperation On 25 June 1992, the Heads of State and Government of eleven countries signed in Istanbul the Summit Declaration and the Bosphorus Statement giving birth to the Black Sea Economic Cooperation (BSEC). It came into existence as a unique and promising model of multilateral political and economic initiative aimed at fostering interaction and harmony among the Member States, as well as to ensure peace, stability and prosperity encouraging friendly and good-neighbourly relations in the Black Sea region.
Organization of the German Minority in Danzig The Bund der Deutschen Minderheit in Danzig or German Minority in Danzig Organization was founded in 1990 by burghers born in Danzig and their families. The main office is located in today's city of Gdańsk, Poland and includes chapters in other cities in the area.
Organization of the Islamic Conference The Organization of the Islamic Conference (OIC; ; ; ; ; ; ) is an inter-governmental organization with a Permanent Delegation to the United Nations. It groups 57 mostly Islamic nations in the Middle East, North, West and Southern Africa, Central Asia, Europe, Southeast Asia, the Indian subcontinent and South America.
Organization of the Jews in Bulgaria The Organization of the Jews in Bulgaria (OJB) coordinates the different Jewish communities in Bulgaria, a country where about 8000 Jews live. This organization encloses all categories of the Jewish life by organizing many programs and projects.
Organization of the Scout Movement of Kazakhstan СкаŃттык ŇšoĐ·Ň“aĐ»Ń‹Ń Ň°Ń–Ń‹ĐĽŃ‹ ҚазақŃтан, (transliterated Skauttik ĶozÄťalys ĂśÇymy ĶazaÄ·stan, in Russian Организация СкаŃŃ‚Ńкого Движения КазахŃтана) the coeducational Organization of the Scout Movement of Kazakhstan (OSMK), was officially founded in 1992, and is working toward World Organization of the Scout Movement recognition.
Organization of the United States Marine Corps The United States Marine Corps is administered by the Department of the Navy, which is lead by the Secretary of the Navy(SECNAV). The most senior Marine officer is the Commandant of the Marine Corps, responsible for organizing, recruiting, training, and equipping the Marine Corps so that it is ready for operation under the command of the Unified Combatant Commanders.
Organization of Ukrainian Nationalists Organization of Ukrainian Nationalists or OUN ( or ОУН) was a Ukrainian political movement originally created in the interwar Poland. OUN's stated immediate goal was to protect the Ukrainian population from repression and exploitation by governing authorities; its ultimate goal was an independent and unified Ukrainian state.
Organization of Women's Freedom in Iraq The Organization of Women's Freedom in Iraq is an organization which campaigns in favour of women's rights in Iraq, and against political Islam. It has been accused of being a front for the Worker-Communist Party of Iraq.
Organization of World Heritage Cities The Organization of World Heritage Cities (OWHC) was founded on September 8, 1993 in Fez, Morocco. As of December 31, 2001, the organization was made up of 203 cities in which are located sites included on the UNESCO World Heritage List.
Organization story Most people understand stories to be texts, spoken or written, that usually involve a plot of different interconnected events, binding different characters together. Stories may be based on actual events or may involve fantastic characters and incidents.
Organization XIII is a fictional group of thirteen Nobodies created by Tetsuya Nomura, Daisuke Watanabe and Kazushige Nojima and featured in Square Enix and Buena Vista Games' PlayStation 2 role-playing game, Kingdom Hearts II. They were originally introduced in Kingdom Hearts Final Mix's secret ending video "Another Side, Another Story [deep dive]", where the Japanese was translated as "the Thirteenth Order", then as the in the game Kingdom Hearts: Chain of Memories.
Organizational architecture The architecture of an organization provides the framework through which an organization aims to realize its core qualities as specified in its vision statement. It provides the framework into which business processes are deployed and ensures that the organization's core qualities are realized across the business processes deployed within the organization.
Organizational capital Organizational capital refers to the procedures and practices that a firm implements in order to get the day's work done. If we think of a factory or warehouse as being the "hardware" of a firm, then organizational capital would be it's software.
Organizational citizenship behavior Organizational Citizenship Behaviors (OCBs) are a special type of work behavior that are defined as individual behaviors that are beneficial to the organization and are discretionary, not directly or explicitly recognized by the formal reward system. These behaviors are rather a matter of personal choice, such that their omission are not generally understood as punishable.
Organizational climate The concept of organizational climate has been assessed by various authors, of which many of them published their own definition of organizational climate. Organizational climate, however, proves to be hard to define.
Organizational commitment In the study of organizational behavior, organizational commitment is the employee's psychological attachment to the organization. It can be contrasted with other work-related attitudes, such as Job Satisfaction (an employee's feelings about their job) and Organizational Identification (the degree to which an employee experiences a 'sense of oneness' with their organization).
Organizational dimensions of information Organizational dimensions of information: Each organization, large or small, has a specific structure or shape. The structure of an organization is defined by levels, divisions, objectives and decision making power.
Organizational ecology Organizational Ecology (also Organizational Demography and the Population Ecology of Organizations) is a theoretical and practical approach in the social sciences that is especially used in organizational studies. Organizational Ecology uses a biological analogy and statistical analysis to try and understand the conditions under which organizations emerge, grow, and die.
Organizational effectiveness Organizational effectiveness is the concept of how effective an organization is in achieving the outcomes the organization intends to produce. The idea of organizational effectiveness is especially important for non-profit organizations as most people who donate money to non-profit organizations and charities are interested in knowing whether the organization is effective in accomplishing its goals.
Organizational empowerment Organizational empowerment (also referred to as employee empowerment) is a multi-dimensional construct encompassing three organizational perspectives: that of the leader, that of the employee, and that of the organization itself (Page & Czuba, 1999; Honold, 1997, p. 210).
Organizational Excellence Award The Air Force Organizational Excellence Award is a decoration of the United States Air Force and is the lowest ranking unit award. The decoration was first created in 1969 and is awarded to Air Force internal organizations that are entities within larger organizations.
Organizational Memory System An Organizational Memory System (OMS) "functions to provide a means by which knowledge from the past is brought to bear on present activities, thus resulting in increased levels for the organization." Am OMS is also called an Organizational Memory Information System.
Organizational ombudsman An organizational ombudsman is a designated neutral or impartial dispute resolution practitioner whose major function is to provide confidential and informal assistance to managers and employees, clients and/or other stakeholders of a corporation, university, non-governmental agency, or other entity. As an internal employee the organizational ombudsman carries no other role or duties in order to maintain independence and prevent real or perceived conflict of interest.
Organizational persona An organizational persona describes an organization’s hard-wired cultural DNA, its personality, which runs much deeper than its exterior profile. In his PowerPoint presentation, Bickford that an organizational persona is:
Organizational structure Organizational structure is the way in which the interrelated groups of an organization are constructed. From a managerial point of view the main concerns are ensuring effective communication and coordination.
Organizational studies Organizational studies, organizational behavior, and organizational theory are related terms for the academic study of organizations, examining them using the methods of economics, sociology, political science, anthropology, and psychology. Related practical disciplines include human resources (HR) and industrial and organizational psychology.
Organizational Systems Security Analyst (OSSA) The Organizational Systems Security Analyst (OSSA) is a technical vendor-neutral Information Security certification programme which is being offered in Asia. This programme consists of a specialized information security training and certification course and practical examination which technical Information Technology professionals can attend in order to become skilled and effective technical Information Security professionals and to prove their level of competence and skill by undergoing the examination.
Organizational Unit In computing, an Organizational Unit (OU) provides a way of classifying objects located in directories, or names in a digital certificate hierarchy, typically used either to differentiate between objects with the same name (John Doe in OU "marketing" versus John Doe in OU "customer service"), or to parcel out authority to create and manage objects (for example: to give rights for user-creation to local technicians instead of having to manage all accounts from a single central group). Organizational Units most commonly appear in X.
Organizationally Unique Identifier An Organizationally Unique Identifier (OUI) is a 24-bit number that is purchased from the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Incorporated (IEEE) Registration Authority. This identifier uniquely identifies a vendor, manufacturer, or other organization (referred to by the IEEE as the 'assignee' ) globally or worldwide and effectively reserves a block of each possible type of derivative identifier (such as MAC addresses, group addresses, Subnetwork Access Protocol protocol identifiers, etc.
Organizations in the Warcraft universe Organizations in the Warcraft universe is is an alphabetical list of the major and minor groups and organizations in the Warcraft universe — a fictional universe in which a series of video games and books are set.
Organizatsia Na Bulgarskite Skauty The Organizatsia Na Bulgarskite Skauty (Организация на българŃките ŃкаŃти, National Organization of Bulgarian Scouts), the primary national Scouting organization of Bulgaria, became a member of the World Organization of the Scout Movement in 1999; work towards World Association of Girl Guides and Girl Scouts membership recognition remains unclear. The coeducational Organizatsia Na Bulgarskite Skauty has 2,711 members as of 2004.
Organized Crime Control Bureau The Organized Crime Control Bureau (OCCB) is one of the nine bureaux that form the New York Police Department. Formed after the Knapp Commission investigations into police corruption, all investigations within the bureau are conducted by specially structured teams, in an effort to reduce the chance of corruption.
Organized Crime Drug Enforcement Task Force The Organized Crime Drug Enforcement Task Force is a federal drug enforcement program in the United States, overseen by the Attorney General and the Department of Justice. It primarily concerns itself with the disruption of major drug trafficking operations and related crimes, such as money laundering, tax and weapon violations, and violent crime.
Organic life Organic life is life which is cellular, carbon-and-water-based with complex organization, having a metabolism, a capacity to grow, respond to stimuli, reproduce and—through natural selection—adapt. That is, all terrestrial organisms: plants, animals, fungi, protists and bacteria, but not viruses.
Organic light-emitting diode An organic light-emitting diode (OLED) is a special type of light-emitting diode (LED) in which the emissive layer comprises a thin-film of certain organic compounds. The emissive electroluminescent layer can include a polymeric substance that allows the deposition of very suitable organic compounds, for example, in rows and columns on a flat carrier by using a simple "printing" method to create a matrix of pixels which can emit different colored light.
Organic linking Organic linking is the development of hypertext links between web sites without or without an explicit agreement to exchange links. Organic links are more likely to appear in a context relevant to the subject of the target document, which makes them useful for search engines like Google search that rank pages according to their links.
Organic Law of the People's Courts of the People's Republic of China The Organic Law of the People's Courts of the People's Republic of China (ä¸ĺŤŽäşşć°‘共和国人民法院组织法) is the organic law for the people's courts in the People's Republic of China. It was passed in 1954 for the first time.
Organic movement Organic movement broadly refers to the organizations and individuals involved worldwide in the promotion organic farming, which they believe to be a more sustainable mode of agriculture. Its history goes back to the first half of the 20th century, when modern large-scale agricultural practices began to appear..
Organic nonlinear optics Organic nonlinear optics is a subfield of nonlinear optics that focuses on the interaction of light with organic materials such as polymers (including plastics) and organic crystals. There are many kinds of materials that can be synthesized using the techniques of organic chemistry, so this subfield is much broader than inorganic nonlinear optics both in the number of materials studied and the wealth of nonlinear processes available for study.
Organic poetry Organic poetry is a social game designed to produce collaborative poetry, using a program to generate forking chains of words. It is an exercise in creating a rhizome-like network of words, which can be read meaningfully in multiple, non-linear ways.
Organic reaction Organic reactions are chemical reactions involving organic compounds. The basic organic chemistry reaction types are addition reactions, elimination reactions, substitution reactions, pericyclic reactions, rearrangement reactions and redox reactions.
Organic redox reaction Organic reductions or organic oxidations or organic redox reactions are redox reactions that take place with organic compounds. In organic chemistry oxidations and reductions are different from ordinary redox reactions because many reactions carry the name but do not actually involve electron transfer in the electrochemical sense of the word.
Organic search An organic search is a process by which World Wide Web users find web sites having unpaid search engine listings, as opposed to using the pay per click advertisement listings displayed among the search results.
Organic semiconductor Semiconductors are compounds whose electrical conductivity is midway between that of typical metals and that of insulating compounds. Both short chain oligomers and long chain (polymers) organic semiconductors are known.
Organic statute Organic statute is a calque from French: "Règlement Organique", literally "regulations for an organ", with "organ" meaning an organization or governmental body. The term is traditionally used for statutes of various organizations for organic laws (substitutes of constitutions) in vaious countries, especially dependent ones.
Organic synthesis Organic synthesis is the construction of organic molecules via chemical processes. Organic molecules can often contain a higher level of complexity compared to purely inorganic compounds, so the synthesis of organic compounds has developed into one of the most important aspects of organic chemistry.
Organic Surrealism Organic Surrealism is a method of pure psychic automatism by which one expresses verbally, in writing, or by any other method “the true functioning of the mind”. Dictation occurs in the absence of any control exercised by reason, and beyond any aesthetic, moral preoccupation, or law based in reality.
Organic Syntheses Organic Syntheses is a scientific journal that since 1921 has provided the chemistry community with annual collections of detailed and checked procedures for the organic synthesis of organic compounds. The journal has a solid reputation because each contribution is independently checked by a group of other chemists.
Organic Trade Association The Organic Trade Association (OTA) is a membership-based business association that focuses on the organic business community in North America. OTA's mission is to promote ethical consumerism, promoting and protecting the growth of organic trade to benefit the environment, farmers, the public and the economy.
Organic work Organic work (, lit. work at the bases) is a term coined by 19th century Polish positivists, denoting an ideology demanding that the vital powers of the nation be spent on labour rather than fruitless national uprisings.
Organisation (band) Organisation was an experimental Krautrock band, that was the immediate predecessor of the band Kraftwerk. In addition to the founding members of Kraftwerk, Florian Schneider-Esleben and Ralf Hütter, Organisation consisted of Basil Hammoudi, Butch Hauf and Alfred Mönicks (alias Fred Monicks).
Organisation and Technology Research Organisation and Technology Research (or OTR plc) is a European Information Technology research company, founded in 1985. The group has offices in Brussels (Belgium), London (United Kingdom) and The Hague (The Netherlands).
Organisation Africaine de la Propriété Intellectuelle The Organisation Africaine de la Propriété Intellectuelle or OAPI (English: African Intellectual Property Organization) is an intellectual property organization, headquartered in Yaoundé, Cameroon. The organisation was created by Bangui Agreement of March 2, 1977.
Organisation Consul Organisation Consul was an ultra-nationalist death squad operating in Germany in 1921 and 1922. It was formed by members of the Marinebrigade Ehrhardt, a Freikorps unit which disbanded after the Kapp Putsch failed to overthrow the German Weimar Republic.
Organisation de l'armée secrète The Organisation de l'armée secrète (OAS, lit. "Secret Army Organization" — sometimes called Organisation armée secrète, "Secret Armed Organization") was a short-lived French nationalist political-military underground organization formed in January 1961 during the Algerian War of Independence (1954-62), which used violence in an attempt to keep French control of the départements in Algeria and to prevent Algeria's independence.
Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development The Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) is an international organisation of those developed countries that accept the principles of representative democracy and a free market economy. It originated in 1948 as the Organisation for European Economic Co-operation (OEEC), led by Frenchman Robert Marjolin, to help administer the Marshall Plan for the reconstruction of Europe after World War II.
Organisation for Free Software in Education and Teaching OFSET is a community of volunteers willing to develop and to enhance free software for education. OFSET believes the success of free software in education can be achieved with open and frank collaboration between teachers, software developers, translators, and authors.
Organisation for National Reconstruction The Organisation for National Reconstruction (ONR) is a defunct political party in Trinidad and Tobago. It was led by Karl Hudson-Phillips (former Attorney General and member of the People's National Movement) and Surujrattan Rambachan.
Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons The Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) is an international agency, located in The Hague, The Netherlands. Its mission is to promote membership of the Chemical Weapons Convention treaty which entered into force in 1997 and mandated the elimination of "the scourge of chemical weapons forever and to verify the destruction of the declared chemical weapons stockpiles within stipulated deadlines.
Organisation Internationale des Constructeurs d'Automobiles The Organisation Internationale des Constructeurs d'Automobiles ("International Organization of Motor Vehicle Manufacturers"), commonly called the OICA, is a federation of automobile manufacturers. It coordinates communication among manufacturers as well as a number of international auto shows.
Organisation Intersex International The Organisation Intersex International (OII), founded in 2003 by Curtis Hinkle, is a decentralised network established to give voice to intersex people primarily outside the USA, those speaking languages other than just English, and people who do not fit the medicalised categories of disorder promoted by some other intersex groups: it is for people born with bodies which have atypical sexual characteristics. OII rejects the terminology of disorder (as in DSD), as well as the sexualization of intersex (as in intersexuality) within an LGBT framework; rather OII seeks to acknowldege intersex people's own distinct sexuality, or non-sexuality, or as people who may identify as gay, lesbian, trans or straight, and in alliance with people of diverse sexual orientations.
Organisation of African Unity The Organisation of African Unity (OAU) or Organisation de l'Unité Africaine (OUA) was established on May 25, 1963. It was disbanded July 9, 2002 by its last chairman, South African Thabo Mbeki and replaced by the African Union.
Organisation of Communists of Italy (marxist-leninists) Organisation of Communists of Italy (marxist-leninists) (in Italian: Organizzazione dei Comunisti d'Italia (marxisti-leninisti)), initially known as Communist Committee (m-l) of Bologna (Comitato Comunista (m-l) di Bologna), was a communist group in Italy, founded around 1968.
Organisation of Eastern Caribbean States The Organisation of Eastern Caribbean States (OECS) is an inter-governmental organisation dedicated to economic harmonisation and integration, protection of human and legal rights, and the encouragement of good governance between countries and dependencies in the Eastern Caribbean. It also performs the role of spreading responsibility and liability in the event of natural disaster, such as a hurricane.
Organisation of Marxist-Leninists of Spain Organisation of Marxist-Leninists of Spain (in Spanish: Organización de Marxistas-Leninistas de España) was a Spanish communist group. OMLE was formed in Brussels in September 1968 by various nuclei that had left the Communist Party of Spain (PCE).
Organisation of Young Free Algerians The Organisation of Young Free Algerians (OJAL, French Organisation des jeunes Algériens libres) claimed to be an anti-Islamist, pro-government armed group in the Algerian Civil War, active mainly in 1994 and 1995. They claimed responsibility for attacks against civilian Islamist sympathisers.
Organisation pour la mise en valeur du fleuve Sénégal The Organisation pour la mise en valeur du fleuve Sénégal (OMVS) is an organisation founded in 1972 by Mali, Mauritania and Senegal to manage the Senegal River and its river basin. Its aims are to promote self-sufficiency in food, to improve the income of the local populations, and to preserve the natural ecosystems.
Organisation Scientifique et Technique du Vol à Voile Organisation Scientifique et Technique du Vol à Voile (OSTIV) is a body associated with the FAI Gliding Commission (IGC). The FAIGC oversees the sport of gliding worldwide and is a department of the Fédération Aéronautique Internationale (FAI).
Organisation Todt The Organisation Todt (OT) was a Third Reich civil and military engineering group in Germany eponymously named for its founder, Fritz Todt, an engineer and senior Nazi figure. The organization was responsible for a huge range of engineering projects both in pre-World War II Germany and in Germany itself and occupied territories from France to Russia during the war.
Organisational Project Management Maturity Model Organizational Project Management Maturity Model (OPM3®)is a standard] developed by volunteers and owned by the [[Project Management Institute that provides requirements for assessing and developing capabilities in portfolio, program, and project management, helping organizations to advance organizational strategies through projects.
Organisations of the Singapore Government The government of Singapore consists of several departments, known as ministries and statutory boards in Singapore. Ministries are led by a member of the cabinet and deal with state matters that require direct political oversight.
Organiser The in-house publication / newspaper of the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh. Organiser was first launched in 1947 (in the weeks before Partition of India), and has since been edited by some of the leading figures of Hindu nationalist thought.
Organising Committee for the Reconstruction of the Fourth International The Organising Committee for the Reconstruction of the Fourth International (OCRFI) was set up in 1972 by various Trotskyist groups, formerly affiliated to the International Committee of the Fourth International, which were allied to Pierre Lambert's Internationalist Communist Organisation (OCI).
Organising model The organising model, as the term refers to trade unions (and sometimes other social-movement organisations) is a broad conception of how those organisations should recruit, operate and advance the interests of their members. It typically involves many full-time organisers, who work by building up confidence, strong networks and leaders within the workforce, and confrontational campaigns involving large numbers of union members.
Organismic organisation The organismic (also called organic organisation) type of organization is adapted to unstable conditions when new and unfamiliar problems continually arise, which cannot be broken down and distributed among the existing specialist roles.
Organization An organization or organisation (read more about -ize vs -ise) is a social arrangement which pursues collective goals, which controls its own performance, and which has a boundary separating it from its environment. The word itself is derived from the Greek word ὄĎγανον (organon) meaning tool.
Organization design Organization design involves the creation of roles, processes, and formal reporting relationships in an organization. One can distinguish between two phases in an organization design process: Strategic grouping, which establishes the overall structure of the organization (its main sub-units and their relationships), and operational design, which defines the more detailed roles and processes.
Organization Development Journal The Organisation Development Journal is a peer reviewed journal (ISSN 0889-6402) published in the United States of America on organization development and work psychology. The current editor is Dr Terry Armstrong RODC.
Organization for Community Supported Sustainable Agriculture in Chad Organization for Community Supported Sustainable Agriculture in Chad is a non-profit organization founded in 2003 by 40-year old, Chadian scholar and graduate of Brigham Young University, Toupta Boguena. OCSSAC, which has about 100 members, most of whom are from Utah, United States, provides clothes, medical and farming supplies, and helps build local infrastructure.
Organization for Interactive Computing The Organization for Interactive Computing is a registered student organization at Northern Michigan University. Since this organization has only one chapter at NMU, we can say that the OIC is based out of Marquette, Michigan in the United States.
Organization for Mine Clearance and Afghan Rehabilitation Organization for Mine Clearance and Afghan Rehabilitation (OMAR) is the chief organisation in the awareness and removal of mines in Afghanistan. It was founded in 1990 and initially operated in the western provinces of Afghanistan, it has since branched out to the rest of the country.
Organization for Popular Democracy - Labour Movement Organization for Popular Democracy - Labour Movement (French: Congrès Organisation pour la Démocratie Populaire - Mouvement du Travail) was the ruling political party in Burkina Faso. It was founded in April 1989 by the Union of Burkinabè Communists, the Revolutionary Military Organization (OMR) and factions from Communist Struggle Union - The Flame and Burkinabè Communist Group as a Party based on Marxism, but strongly pragmatic, adopting the free market in its economic plan.
Organization for Revolutionary Unity The Organization for Revolutionary Unity (ORU) was an anti-revisionist Marxist-Leninist organization in the United States. ORU was formed in 1983 from a merger of the Committee for a Proletarian Party (CPP) and the Communist Organization, Bay Area (COBA).
Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe Created as an East-West forum during the Cold War era, the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE) is today very much an operational international organization for securing stability, based on democratic practices and good governance. Most of its 3,500+ staff are engaged in field operations, with only around 10 per cent in its headquarters and other offices.
Organization for the Liberal Democracy in Venezuela The Organization for the Liberal Democracy in Venezuela (OrganizaciĂłn por la Democracia Liberal en Venezuela, ODLV) is a classical liberal think tank from Caracas, Venezuela, created by a group of libertarian students. They are directive members of the Hispanic American Liberal Conference and as an intellectual group nowadays, they are willing to become a political party in the 2010.
Organization for the Reconstruction of the Communist Party (Marxist-Leninist) Organization for the Reconstruction of the Communist Party (Marxist-Leninist) (in Portuguese: Organização para a Reconstrução do Partido Comunista (Marxista-Leninista)) was a communist group in Portugal led by Fransisco Martins Rodrigues. ORPC(ML) was formed in 1975.
Organization for the Reconstruction of the Communist Party of Greece The Organization for the Reconstruction of the Communist Party of Greece (Greek: ÎźĎγάνωĎη για την ΑναĎυγκĎότηĎη του ΚομουνιĎτικού Κόμματος Ελλάδας, Orgánosi yia tin AnasigkrĂłtisi tou KomounistikoĂş KĂłmmatos Elládas), mostly known by its acronym OAKKE, is a minor political party present in most of the nationwide Greek elections.
Organization of Arab Petroleum Exporting Countries The Organization of Arab Petroleum Exporting Countries or OAPEC is a multi-governmental organization headquartered in Kuwait which coordinates energy policies in Arab nations, and whose main stated purpose is developmental.
Organization of Artisans' Unity The Organization of Artisans' Unity (OAU) is one of two primary trade union affiliates of the National Trade Unions Confederation in Mauritius. Based in the tea and sugar industries, the OAU also represents workers in the textile, as well as hotel and catering sectors.
Organization of Central American States The Organization of Central American States (ODECA) is a regional organisation, formed on October 14, 1951 at a meeting in San Salvador to promote regional cooperation, intergrity and unity in Central America. Countries that make up the confedration are Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, and Nicaragua.
Organization of Central Asian Cooperation The Organization of Central Asian Cooperation (OCAC) is an international organization, composed of Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan and Russia. The current member nations, minus Russia and Tajikistan, plus Turkmenistan, formed the OCAC in 1991 as Central Asian Commonwealth.
Organization of Communist Revolutionaries (marxist-leninist) Organization of Communist Revolutionaries (marxist-leninist) (in Persian: (سازمان انقلابیŮن Ú©Ů…Ůنیست (Ů…-Ů„) was an Iranian Maoist organization. It was formed in opposition to the Shah regime in Iran and was active the Iranian student movement in exile.
Organization of Chinese Americans Founded in 1973, Organization of Chinese Americans is a national organization dedicated to advancing the social, political, and economic well-being of Asian Pacific Americans in the United States. OCA aims to embrace the hopes and aspirations of nearly 12 million Asian Pacific Americans in the United States.
Organization of Ibero-American States The Organization of Ibero-American States (Spanish: Organización de Estados Iberoamericanos; Portuguese: Organização dos Estados Ibero-americanos; formally The Organization of Ibero-American States for Education, Science and Culture) is an international organization, comprising the Spanish- and Portuguese-speaking nations of the Americas and Europe, plus Equatorial Guinea in Africa.
Organization of Iranian People's Fedaian (Majority) The Organization of Iranian People's Fedai Guerrillas emerged as radical Marxist-Leninist movement in Iran in 1971, formed to overthrow the Pahlavi regime. The group fought against the governments of Mohammad Reza Shah and after the 1979 revolution, the government of the Islamic Republic of Iran.
Organization of Pakistani Entrepreneurs of North America The Organization of Pakistani Entrepreneurs of North America (OPEN) is a not-for-profit organization, whose sole focus is the promotion of entrepreneurship and professional growth. OPEN is a secular and non-political organization.
Organization of Pan Asian American Women The Organization of Pan Asian American Women is a public policy organization founded in 1976, which aim to address the concerns of Asian-Pacific American women, and to increase their participation in policy making and leadership.
Organization of Sikkimese Unity Organization of Sikkimese Unity, a political organization in the Indian state of Sikkim. OSU was founded in 1994 to fight for the reinstallment of reservation quotas for the Nepali-speaking majority of the state.
Organization of Solidarity with the People of Asia, Africa and Latin America The Organization of Solidarity with the People of Asia, Africa and Latin America (Organización de Solidaridad con los Pueblos de Asia, Africa y América Latina), abbreviated as OSPAAAL, is a Cuban political movement with the stated purpose of fighting globalisation, imperialism, neoliberalism and defending human rights. It publishes the magazine Tricontinental.
Organization of the Black Sea Economic Cooperation On 25 June 1992, the Heads of State and Government of eleven countries signed in Istanbul the Summit Declaration and the Bosphorus Statement giving birth to the Black Sea Economic Cooperation (BSEC). It came into existence as a unique and promising model of multilateral political and economic initiative aimed at fostering interaction and harmony among the Member States, as well as to ensure peace, stability and prosperity encouraging friendly and good-neighbourly relations in the Black Sea region.
Organization of the German Minority in Danzig The Bund der Deutschen Minderheit in Danzig or German Minority in Danzig Organization was founded in 1990 by burghers born in Danzig and their families. The main office is located in today's city of Gdańsk, Poland and includes chapters in other cities in the area.
Organization of the Islamic Conference The Organization of the Islamic Conference (OIC; ; ; ; ; ; ) is an inter-governmental organization with a Permanent Delegation to the United Nations. It groups 57 mostly Islamic nations in the Middle East, North, West and Southern Africa, Central Asia, Europe, Southeast Asia, the Indian subcontinent and South America.
Organization of the Jews in Bulgaria The Organization of the Jews in Bulgaria (OJB) coordinates the different Jewish communities in Bulgaria, a country where about 8000 Jews live. This organization encloses all categories of the Jewish life by organizing many programs and projects.
Organization of the Scout Movement of Kazakhstan СкаŃттык ŇšoĐ·Ň“aĐ»Ń‹Ń Ň°Ń–Ń‹ĐĽŃ‹ ҚазақŃтан, (transliterated Skauttik ĶozÄťalys ĂśÇymy ĶazaÄ·stan, in Russian Организация СкаŃŃ‚Ńкого Движения КазахŃтана) the coeducational Organization of the Scout Movement of Kazakhstan (OSMK), was officially founded in 1992, and is working toward World Organization of the Scout Movement recognition.
Organization of the United States Marine Corps The United States Marine Corps is administered by the Department of the Navy, which is lead by the Secretary of the Navy(SECNAV). The most senior Marine officer is the Commandant of the Marine Corps, responsible for organizing, recruiting, training, and equipping the Marine Corps so that it is ready for operation under the command of the Unified Combatant Commanders.
Organization of Ukrainian Nationalists Organization of Ukrainian Nationalists or OUN ( or ОУН) was a Ukrainian political movement originally created in the interwar Poland. OUN's stated immediate goal was to protect the Ukrainian population from repression and exploitation by governing authorities; its ultimate goal was an independent and unified Ukrainian state.
Organization of Women's Freedom in Iraq The Organization of Women's Freedom in Iraq is an organization which campaigns in favour of women's rights in Iraq, and against political Islam. It has been accused of being a front for the Worker-Communist Party of Iraq.
Organization of World Heritage Cities The Organization of World Heritage Cities (OWHC) was founded on September 8, 1993 in Fez, Morocco. As of December 31, 2001, the organization was made up of 203 cities in which are located sites included on the UNESCO World Heritage List.
Organization story Most people understand stories to be texts, spoken or written, that usually involve a plot of different interconnected events, binding different characters together. Stories may be based on actual events or may involve fantastic characters and incidents.
Organization XIII is a fictional group of thirteen Nobodies created by Tetsuya Nomura, Daisuke Watanabe and Kazushige Nojima and featured in Square Enix and Buena Vista Games' PlayStation 2 role-playing game, Kingdom Hearts II. They were originally introduced in Kingdom Hearts Final Mix's secret ending video "Another Side, Another Story [deep dive]", where the Japanese was translated as "the Thirteenth Order", then as the in the game Kingdom Hearts: Chain of Memories.
Organizational architecture The architecture of an organization provides the framework through which an organization aims to realize its core qualities as specified in its vision statement. It provides the framework into which business processes are deployed and ensures that the organization's core qualities are realized across the business processes deployed within the organization.
Organizational capital Organizational capital refers to the procedures and practices that a firm implements in order to get the day's work done. If we think of a factory or warehouse as being the "hardware" of a firm, then organizational capital would be it's software.
Organizational citizenship behavior Organizational Citizenship Behaviors (OCBs) are a special type of work behavior that are defined as individual behaviors that are beneficial to the organization and are discretionary, not directly or explicitly recognized by the formal reward system. These behaviors are rather a matter of personal choice, such that their omission are not generally understood as punishable.
Organizational climate The concept of organizational climate has been assessed by various authors, of which many of them published their own definition of organizational climate. Organizational climate, however, proves to be hard to define.
Organizational commitment In the study of organizational behavior, organizational commitment is the employee's psychological attachment to the organization. It can be contrasted with other work-related attitudes, such as Job Satisfaction (an employee's feelings about their job) and Organizational Identification (the degree to which an employee experiences a 'sense of oneness' with their organization).
Organizational dimensions of information Organizational dimensions of information: Each organization, large or small, has a specific structure or shape. The structure of an organization is defined by levels, divisions, objectives and decision making power.
Organizational ecology Organizational Ecology (also Organizational Demography and the Population Ecology of Organizations) is a theoretical and practical approach in the social sciences that is especially used in organizational studies. Organizational Ecology uses a biological analogy and statistical analysis to try and understand the conditions under which organizations emerge, grow, and die.
Organizational effectiveness Organizational effectiveness is the concept of how effective an organization is in achieving the outcomes the organization intends to produce. The idea of organizational effectiveness is especially important for non-profit organizations as most people who donate money to non-profit organizations and charities are interested in knowing whether the organization is effective in accomplishing its goals.
Organizational empowerment Organizational empowerment (also referred to as employee empowerment) is a multi-dimensional construct encompassing three organizational perspectives: that of the leader, that of the employee, and that of the organization itself (Page & Czuba, 1999; Honold, 1997, p. 210).
Organizational Excellence Award The Air Force Organizational Excellence Award is a decoration of the United States Air Force and is the lowest ranking unit award. The decoration was first created in 1969 and is awarded to Air Force internal organizations that are entities within larger organizations.
Organizational Memory System An Organizational Memory System (OMS) "functions to provide a means by which knowledge from the past is brought to bear on present activities, thus resulting in increased levels for the organization." Am OMS is also called an Organizational Memory Information System.
Organizational ombudsman An organizational ombudsman is a designated neutral or impartial dispute resolution practitioner whose major function is to provide confidential and informal assistance to managers and employees, clients and/or other stakeholders of a corporation, university, non-governmental agency, or other entity. As an internal employee the organizational ombudsman carries no other role or duties in order to maintain independence and prevent real or perceived conflict of interest.
Organizational persona An organizational persona describes an organization’s hard-wired cultural DNA, its personality, which runs much deeper than its exterior profile. In his PowerPoint presentation, Bickford that an organizational persona is:
Organizational structure Organizational structure is the way in which the interrelated groups of an organization are constructed. From a managerial point of view the main concerns are ensuring effective communication and coordination.
Organizational studies Organizational studies, organizational behavior, and organizational theory are related terms for the academic study of organizations, examining them using the methods of economics, sociology, political science, anthropology, and psychology. Related practical disciplines include human resources (HR) and industrial and organizational psychology.
Organizational Systems Security Analyst (OSSA) The Organizational Systems Security Analyst (OSSA) is a technical vendor-neutral Information Security certification programme which is being offered in Asia. This programme consists of a specialized information security training and certification course and practical examination which technical Information Technology professionals can attend in order to become skilled and effective technical Information Security professionals and to prove their level of competence and skill by undergoing the examination.
Organizational Unit In computing, an Organizational Unit (OU) provides a way of classifying objects located in directories, or names in a digital certificate hierarchy, typically used either to differentiate between objects with the same name (John Doe in OU "marketing" versus John Doe in OU "customer service"), or to parcel out authority to create and manage objects (for example: to give rights for user-creation to local technicians instead of having to manage all accounts from a single central group). Organizational Units most commonly appear in X.
Organizationally Unique Identifier An Organizationally Unique Identifier (OUI) is a 24-bit number that is purchased from the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Incorporated (IEEE) Registration Authority. This identifier uniquely identifies a vendor, manufacturer, or other organization (referred to by the IEEE as the 'assignee' ) globally or worldwide and effectively reserves a block of each possible type of derivative identifier (such as MAC addresses, group addresses, Subnetwork Access Protocol protocol identifiers, etc.
Organizations in the Warcraft universe Organizations in the Warcraft universe is is an alphabetical list of the major and minor groups and organizations in the Warcraft universe — a fictional universe in which a series of video games and books are set.
Organizatsia Na Bulgarskite Skauty The Organizatsia Na Bulgarskite Skauty (Организация на българŃките ŃкаŃти, National Organization of Bulgarian Scouts), the primary national Scouting organization of Bulgaria, became a member of the World Organization of the Scout Movement in 1999; work towards World Association of Girl Guides and Girl Scouts membership recognition remains unclear. The coeducational Organizatsia Na Bulgarskite Skauty has 2,711 members as of 2004.
Organized Crime Control Bureau The Organized Crime Control Bureau (OCCB) is one of the nine bureaux that form the New York Police Department. Formed after the Knapp Commission investigations into police corruption, all investigations within the bureau are conducted by specially structured teams, in an effort to reduce the chance of corruption.
Organized Crime Drug Enforcement Task Force The Organized Crime Drug Enforcement Task Force is a federal drug enforcement program in the United States, overseen by the Attorney General and the Department of Justice. It primarily concerns itself with the disruption of major drug trafficking operations and related crimes, such as money laundering, tax and weapon violations, and violent crime.
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