Organization or organisation?

[rafis]

Cuál es mejor: "organization" u "organisation"?
Vi que se escribe de las 2 formas... es lo mismo? las 2 son correctas?

 

[mariovargas]

both are correct... Organization with a "Z" is American style, whereas "Organisation" with "S" is British English.

 

[Yibiri]

Well, that's funny, I actually thought it was the other way around that is organization being british and organisation american.

 

[worldsigner]

La de z es de EEUU.

 

[ruru2006]

both are correct... Organization with a "Z" is American style, whereas "Organisation" with "S" is British English.

I agree with mariovargas -- organisation is British; organization is American English.

 

[Yibiri]

Thank you loads. Taking notice

It's always nice to get yourself rid of those errors you've been dragging for so long! ;-)

 

[ruru2006]

Thank you loads. Taking notice

It's always nice to get yourself rid of those errors you've been dragging for so long! ;-)

It's always nice to get rid of those errors...
It's always nice to rid yourself of those error..

 

[Hazel Robins]

Yibiri made perfect sense, Ruru's phrasing is just more elegant.

 

[xavier01]

Organisation is used in Britain and other countries that were controlled by the United Kingdom, so basically most English-speaking countries use this spelling. Organization is used only in the US (maybe Canada but I'm not sure).

 

[nuances]

both are correct... Organization with a "Z" is American style, whereas "Organisation" with "S" is British English.

Also see this in wikipedia:
"American spelling accepts only -ize endings in most cases, such as organize, recognize, and realize. British usage accepts both -ize and the more French-looking -ise (organise, recognise, realise).The -ize spelling is preferred by some authoritative British sources including the Oxford English Dictionary — which, until recently, did not list the -ise form of many words, even as an alternative — and Fowler's Modern English Usage. The OED firmly deprecates usage of "-ise", stating, "[T]he suffix…, whatever the element to which it is added, is in its origin the Gr[eek] -ιζειν, L[atin] -izāre; and, as the pronunciation is also with z, there is no reason why in English the special French spelling in -iser should be followed, in opposition to that which is at once etymological and phonetic." Noah Webster rejected -ise for the same reasons..."