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This PDF is Created by Simpo Word to PDF unregistered version - http://www.simpopdf.comboth tangible and intangible what means whereby organizational goals can beachieved 3 .As an organization, a school will have to fulfill and maintain in balancethree broad sets of needs: task needs, group needs, and individual needs.The task needs are those which have to be satisfied in order successfully tocarry out the work of the organization. For instance, a private languageschool, one of its goals will be to stay in business, and to generate a profit. Toachieve this, students will have to be recruited, so marketing and selling theschool services will be a key task, which will involve planning a marketingstrategy, allocating work to people assigned to marketing, and providingfinance. The second sets of needs, those concerned with the groups, are todo with the organization as a social unit. For the organization to meet taskneeds, successful group maintenance is vital, because it becomes split intoantagonistic factions.For instance, a school with a particularly dedicated staff may have veryhigh expectations to staff as regards the amount of time they devote to out ofclass activities. Teachers who give less time to such activities will be seen tohave infringed work standards and the group may impose some sort ofpressure, or discipline on the teachers concerned to bring them into line withgroup norms in this aspect of their work.The successful creation and maintenance of team spirit is alsoimportant and it is a mark of a successful organization that this social need isfulfilled. A happy and harmonious staff room is one sign that such groupmaintenance needs are being met, while such activities as meeting for a drinkafter work are further examples of the same thing. Finally, there is a third setof needs which have to be met, individual or personal needs. If they are notmet, there will be a loss of morale and motivation among the individuals who3. Idem7