The Discipline of OrganizingRobert GlushkoRG_d958d170-6a27-11e4-b282-575704f0861bPrinciple Author & Editor -- Robert Glushko is an Adjunct Full Professor at UC Berkeley's School of Information. He conceived of and leads the Discipline of Organizing project, is the first author of many chapters, and serves as the overall technical editor.Jess HemerlyPrincipal Author -- Jess Hemerly is a Senior Public Policy and Government Relations Analyst at Google.Murray MaloneyPrincipal Author -- Murray Maloney is a technical writer by trade, a markup expert by circumstance and an inventor by necessity.Kimra McPhersonPrincipal Author -- Kimra McPherson is a user experience researcher in the San Francisco Bay Area.Vivien PetrasPrincipal Author -- Vivien Petras is on the faculty at the Institut für Bibliotheks- und Informationswissenschaft, Humboldt-Universitat zu BerlinRyan ShawPrincipal Author -- Ryan Shaw is an assistant professor in the School of Information and Library Science at the University of North Carolina at Chapel HillErik WildePrincipal Author -- Erik Wilde is an Architect at EMC’s Information Intelligence Group in Pleasanton, California.Rachelle AnnechinoContributing AuthorJ.J.M. EkaterinContributing AuthorRyan GreenbergContributing AuthorMichael ManoochehriContributing AuthorSean MarimpietriContributing AuthorMatthew MayernikContributing AuthorKaren Joy NomorosaContributing AuthorHyunwoo ParkContributing AuthorAlberto PepeContributing AuthorDaniel D. TurnerContributing AuthorLonghao WangContributing Author_d958d2ba-6a27-11e4-b282-575704f0861bTo unify the diverse perspectives about organizing_d958d350-6a27-11e4-b282-575704f0861bOrganizationWe organize things, we organize information, we organize information about things, and we organize information about information. Organizing is an important and ubiquitous challenge, and we can look to library and information science, informatics and computer science, cognitive science, business, law, and many other fields for concepts and methods that guide us in organizing.CommunicationCollaborationResources & InteractionsIntentionally arrange collections of resources and the interactions they support._d958d3dc-6a27-11e4-b282-575704f0861bThe Discipline of Organizing seeks to unify these diverse perspectives about organizing with the concept of an organizing system, defined as an intentionally arranged collection of resources and the interactions they support.Patterns & FrameworksIdentify patterns of organizing and frameworks that enable more effective multidisciplinary communication and collaboration._d958d49a-6a27-11e4-b282-575704f0861bEvery organizing system involves a collection of resources, a choice of properties or principles used to describe and arrange resources, and ways of supporting interactions with resources. By comparing and contrasting how these activities take place in different contexts and domains, we can identify patterns of organizing and frameworks that enable more effective multidisciplinary communication and collaboration. We can create a discipline of organizing in a disciplined way.2014-11-11http://disciplineoforganizing.org/OwenAmburOwen.Ambur@verizon.net