{"id":10487,"date":"2020-02-10T14:01:01","date_gmt":"2020-02-10T14:01:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/transfer.writingcommons.org\/?post_type=section&#038;p=10487"},"modified":"2024-09-15T01:31:44","modified_gmt":"2024-09-15T00:31:44","slug":"organizational-patterns-structures","status":"publish","type":"section","link":"https:\/\/writingcommons.org\/section\/organization\/organizational-patterns-structures\/","title":{"rendered":"Organizational Patterns"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"tts_content_wrapper_2\" >\n<div class=\"wp-block-group\"><div class=\"wp-block-group__inner-container is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\">\n<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_69_1 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-grey ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<div class=\"ez-toc-title-container\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<span class=\"ez-toc-title-toggle\"><a href=\"#\" class=\"ez-toc-pull-right ez-toc-btn ez-toc-btn-xs ez-toc-btn-default ez-toc-toggle\" aria-label=\"Toggle Table of Content\"><span class=\"ez-toc-js-icon-con\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #999;color:#999\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #999;color:#999\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/a><\/span><\/div>\n<nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 eztoc-toggle-hide-by-default' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/writingcommons.org\/section\/organization\/organizational-patterns-structures\/#Definition\" title=\"Definition\">Definition<\/a><ul class='ez-toc-list-level-3' ><li class='ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-2\" href=\"https:\/\/writingcommons.org\/section\/organization\/organizational-patterns-structures\/#Synonymous_Terms\" title=\"Synonymous Terms\">Synonymous Terms<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-3\" href=\"https:\/\/writingcommons.org\/section\/organization\/organizational-patterns-structures\/#Why_Do_Organizational_Patterns_%E2%80%93_Structures_Matter\" title=\"Why Do Organizational Patterns &#8211; Structures Matter?\">Why Do Organizational Patterns &#8211; Structures Matter?<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Definition\"><\/span>Definition<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Organizational patterns<\/em> may refer to <a href=\"https:\/\/writingcommons.org\/section\/invention\/commonplaces\/\">commonplace<\/a> organizational patterns in writing, such as<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/writingcommons.org\/section\/organization\/organizational-schema\/causal-order\/\">Causal Order (aka Cause and Effect)<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/writingcommons.org\/section\/organization\/organizational-schema\/chronological-order\/\">Chronological Order<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/writingcommons.org\/section\/discourse\/comparing-and-contrasting\/\">Compare and Contrast<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/writingcommons.org\/section\/organization\/organizational-schema\/deductive-order-deductive-reasoning-deductive-writing\/\">Deductive Order<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Emphatic Order (aka Order of Importance)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/writingcommons.org\/section\/organization\/organizational-schema\/inductive-organization-inductive-writing\/\">Inductive Order<\/a> (aka Climatic Order)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Logical Order<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Problem and Solution Order<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/writingcommons.org\/section\/genre\/instructions-process\/\">Instructions or Process Order (aka Sequential Order)<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/writingcommons.org\/section\/organization\/organizational-schema\/spatial-order\/\">Spatial Order<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n<p>Different genres of discourse have uniques methods of organization. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-synonymous-terms\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Synonymous_Terms\"><\/span>Synonymous Terms<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Organizational patterns<\/em>\u00a0may also be known as<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-2 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:100%\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-1 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Organizational Sructures<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Organizational Schema (US) or Schemata (UK)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>mental models<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>mental frameworks<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>cognitive structures<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>organizational framework <\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>knowledge structures<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Related Concepts:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/writingcommons.org\/section\/rhetoric\/rhetorical-situation\/audience\/\">Audience Awareness<\/a>; <a href=\"https:\/\/writingcommons.org\/section\/genre\/\">Genre<\/a>; Logical Reasoning; <a href=\"https:\/\/writingcommons.org\/section\/design\/page-design\/\">Page Design &amp; Scannability<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-css-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-why-do-organizational-patterns-structures-matter\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Why_Do_Organizational_Patterns_%E2%80%93_Structures_Matter\"><\/span>Why Do <em>Organizational Patterns &#8211; Structures<\/em> Matter?<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Texts that are well organized are more likely to be read and understood than those that are disorganized.  <\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Texts that follow conventional patterns are <a href=\"https:\/\/writingcommons.org\/section\/design\/page-design\/\">scannable<\/a>. \n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>In today&#8217;s information ecosystem, most texts that are designed to be skimmed. 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