Institution vs Organization
When we talk about institutions, we know that we are dealing with structures or tools that have been put in to place to govern the behavior of human beings in a particular society. Organization is a grouping that comes into being to achieve some shared goals of individuals. There are many similarities in the two concepts that create confusion in the minds of people. However, there are many differences between these two concepts that will be highlighted in this article.
Institution
Marriage is an institution, and so is democracy. While marriage is an example of a social institution, democratic institutions in a society help keep democratic values alive and evolving in any society. There are educational institutions such as colleges and universities and there are also religious, judicial, research, medical, and many more kinds of institutions operating in various fields of a society.
Marriage is an institution that has helped in the development of family as a building block of the society and controls and regulates the behavior of members of a family that emerges as a result of a marriage between a woman and a man. If we talk about educational institutions, the main purpose is to provide education in various subjects a to individuals so as to make them learned and also to prepare them for their future lives.
Institutions are man-made and deliberate. They serve the basic needs of a society. Church is an institution that serves the religious and psychological needs of people in a society and affects their customs, traditions, habits, and even the whole culture.
Money in modern societies is also an institution in itself. It serves many important functions and needs of the people and life without money cannot even be imagined today. As an institution, money has given birth to many organizations such as banks, financial institution, stock markets and even currency markets.
It has to be understood that the real meaning of an institution is much deeper than a physical campus or the people operating an institution as is the case with large universities or churches. The real meaning lies in the values incorporated in these institutions and the manner in which they control and regulate our behavior.
Organization
如前所述,一个组织是一个由志同道合的人组成的社会群体,共同实现共同的目标。一个组织最好的例子之一是世界卫生组织,它是一个国际机构,参与为世界各地的穷人和国家提供健康解决方案。很明显,一个组织是由为特殊目的团结起来的成员组成的机构。该组织的成立是为了实现目的。从结构的角度来看,有办公室持有人承担了不同的责任和履行职责的奖励。组织通常以建筑物形式的办公室地址作为办公室,成为其身份。方法和有组织的事物的优点是在组织中找到的。
Institution vs Organization
• Institution is bigger and deeper concept than an organization
• Institutions guide human behavior while organizations are formed to achieve special goals and purposes
•婚姻,民主,学院和教堂是机构的例子,而慈善机构,公司,企业等是组织的例子
• Institutions have a bigger role to play in social lives in comparison to organizations
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Vladimir Tumanovsays
How is any given college different from any given corporation? You say that a college is an institution while a corporation is an organization. The concepts seem to overlap here. I can see marriage or higher education or “the church” being institutions inasmuch as they are concepts rather than entities. But a specific college, church or company is an organization. Or have I missed something?
贝丝·威尔斯says
You raise good concerns/questions that call for further clarification.
THOKOZANI JUDGEsays
我了解这两个可能以一种或另一种方式相似,那么这两个的主要相似之处是什么?