organizational

organizational — adjective

1. connected with arranging work, meetings, or events so they happen in a clear and

1.形容詞B2
釋義

connected with arranging work, meetings, or events so they happen in a clear and effective way

例句

Good organizational planning kept the school trip on time.

collocation: organizational planning

The school fair needed organizational support from parents at each gate.

同義詞
  • logistical

    focuses more on practical arrangements such as transport, timing, and supplies

  • administrative

    often relates to office work, records, and official procedures

  • managerial

    stresses directing people or work, not just arranging it well

反義詞

文法句型

organizational + skills/planning/support

用法筆記

Often used with nouns like skills, planning, support, and detail. When you talk about a person's ability, English usually uses phrases such as organizational skills rather than saying someone is organizational.

常見錯誤

❌She is very organizational.
✅She is very organized.' / 'She has strong organizational skills.
💡organizational usually describes planning-related work or abilities through a noun phrase, not a person by itself.

2. connected with a company, school, charity, or other formal group as a whole

2.形容詞C1
釋義

connected with a company, school, charity, or other formal group as a whole

例句

Staff discussed organizational policy at the monthly office meeting.

collocation: organizational policy

The report described organizational changes after the hospital closed two wards.

同義詞
  • institutional

    often sounds more formal and is common for rules or systems in large bodies

  • corporate

    fits businesses especially, not schools or charities as naturally

  • administrative

    can overlap, but often points more to management or office processes

文法句型

organizational + policy/culture/change

用法筆記

Common before nouns such as policy, culture, change, and rules. Distinguish from sense 3: this sense is about the organization as an institution, not about how its parts are arranged.

常見錯誤

❌Our office is organizational now.
✅Our office is organized now.
💡organizational describes the organization or its policies and culture; organized describes something put in good order.

3. connected with how the parts of a system are set up and operate together

3.形容詞C1
釋義

connected with how the parts of a system are set up and operate together

例句

The clinic has organizational problems between reception, nurses, and billing.

collocation: organizational problems

Doctors met to fix organizational gaps between triage and ambulance teams.

同義詞
  • structural

    emphasizes the arrangement of parts, especially in a system or institution

  • systemic

    often stresses a problem spread through the whole system

  • operational

    focuses more on day-to-day functioning than on structure itself

反義詞
  • chaotic

    describes parts that do not work together in an orderly way

  • unstructured

    describes something without a clear arrangement

文法句型

organizational + structure/design/problem

用法筆記

Often used with nouns like structure, design, pattern, and problem. Distinguish from sense 2: this sense focuses on internal arrangement and coordination, not simply on belonging to a company or group.

常見錯誤

❌The problem was organization.
✅The problem was organizational.' / 'The problem was the organization's structure.
💡organizational is the adjective form when you describe a type of problem.