Organizational management is the process of structuring, planning and directing the resources and members of the organization to achieve its goal. In the world of business, the end goal is pretty much the same - to make a profit for the organization's owners. Organizational management is the process of structuring, planning and directing the resources and members of the organization to achieve its goal. In the world of business, the end goal is pretty much the same - to make a profit for the organization's owners. Let's take a look at some important principles of organizational management. Organizational structure is the manner in which the parts of an organization interact with each other to achieve the organization's goal. It determines lines of authority, communication, duties and responsibility among and between each part of the organization and its members. Let's take a quick look at some of the more common organizational structures. Organizations can be designed with a tight vertical, hierarchical structure or a flatter, horizontal structure. Think about an organization as a pyramid. Each layer of the pyramid is a management level. In large organizations, there may be many layers of management.