Tactics, command, leadership

Organisation

The organisation and how one chooses to organise oneself is the

term used for what is actually the command system. The orga-

nisation is, in other words, that which is seen from the outside

and that part of the command system that affects us in a more

physical way.

Within organisation theory the term organisation has two

meanings, a concrete meaning referring to methodical coordi-

nation between individuals and groups with a common interest,

and a more general meaning referring to a company’s or an

administration’s operational structure. Most organisations have

an obvious hierarchical configuration with distinct demarcation

between superior and subordinate levels in order to legitimize

and facilitate decision making, the allocation of tasks and control

(Bolman et al. 1995).

Turn­out operations usually adopt a line organisation or a line

staff organisation. Through these types of organisations, distinct

channels are created for the flow of information, and the alloca-

tion of authority is often easy to define. This structure, however,

places considerable demands on all involved in terms of coopera-

tion on, among other things, the tasks to be conducted and the

distribution of resources.

Line organisation
and line-staff
organisation.