The notion of classification appears in motor racing and other sports competitions.
Classification is a concept linked to the verb classify, which refers to the action of organizing or placing something according to a certain directive . The term is also used to name the link that is established between those classified after a test .
Some sentences where the term appears: «I am going to develop a classification of my collection bottles according to the country» , «The teacher asked us to make a classification of our complaints to determine which are the most urgent» , «The classification, up to the moment, shows the Italian runner in first place .
In the world of sport , therefore, the classification reflects the result of a competition: “The Spanish Fernando Alonso came first in the Monaco Grand Prix classification” or “With this victory, Boca Juniors reaches first place in the classification.” of the Argentine soccer tournament.”
Classification in biology, chemistry and library science
Biological classification , on the other hand, is taxonomy (from the Greek taxis , which can be translated as “arrangement” , and nomos , “rule” ). In its broadest meaning, it is the science dedicated to the classification that orders the various organisms within a structure or a system.
The periodic classification is known as that which corresponds to the so-called periodic table of the elements . This is an organization that allows chemical elements to be distributed according to their characteristics. The periodic table is made up of 8 groups in which the 118 elements are included. Each group is highlighted by a particular color, so it is very easy to locate them.
Another type of classification is the Universal Decimal Classification , a system born with a specific objective: to organize and record the different works that are part of a library. This helps make knowledge more easily accessible.
Classification can be associated with order and organization.
The concept in economics and business
Classification from a business point of view is used to establish similarities and differences between various business organizations.
In economics, a company is understood as the production unit, the one in charge of creating and generating an increase in the profits of the goods it owns to meet the needs of a specific social group, the one in charge of controlling what is done with the factors. of production.
At this point, the classification divides these factors into land and work . Without classification, economic activity could not be developed in an orderly manner, therefore it would be destined for total failure. It should be noted that each production factor can in turn be classified into subgroups, obtaining greater precision about what one has and what should be done with it.
On another level, within the economy, classification is used to separate companies according to the sector they cultivate, their economic activities, the type of business structure by which they are governed, the legal form they have adopted, the degree of State participation in the activity, or also its size.
The hierarchical classification
Finally, the way in which the differences in the world in its broad aspects are identified, according to the degree of importance that each thing has, is called hierarchical classification . For example, when you are a child you learn to point at things with a little finger, and as you learn, you classify things according to their characteristics , into categories (categorization). For example: chairs, stools, rocking chairs, hammocks in chair types.
In short, classification is a concept that invades all aspects of our lives. We use it both for things of an important nature and also to organize everything around us: papers, books, clothes, utensils, music, etc. And also to understand things, we classify in order to get to the bottom of the issues and apprehend them .