Category: O
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Organizational structure
The way in which an organization is structured or put together to efficiently achieve its goals.
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Organizational development
A continuous effort to increase productivity and effectiveness of an organization.
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Organizational analysis
A study of the organizational structure, work climate, functions, and relationships to determine training needs and other needs of the organization.
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Organismic variable
A physical or psychological factor that makes an organism or individual unique and is subject to evaluation through behavior assessment.
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Organic viewpoint
The theory in psychology that all mental disorders have an organic basis.
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Organic psychosis
A psychosis with a known physiological or neuroanatomical basis or cause. Psychosis induced by structural brain changes. Emotional instability, irritability, angry outbursts, and inattention are typical symptoms. At any time in the course of the disease, memory, comprehension, ideation, and orientation may become defective. Possible causes include alcohol, narcotics, trauma, syphilis, drugs, poisons, chronic infections,…
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Organicity
Impairment of the central nervous system.
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Organic hypertension
Hypertension that develops as a result of a specific physical cause, hypertension.
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Organic heart disease
The presence of symptoms of disease of the heart due to changes or breakdown of cardiac tissues, functional heart disease.
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Organic evolution
The theory that existing living forms have been derived by gradual modification from earlier and simpler forms.