Intended especially for literacy workers, this monograph discusses the planning and organization of all the various approaches to the delivery of literacy work. It is divided into two main sections. The first part discusses the general principles of planning and organizing; it may be considered theoretical in nature. Its three chapters cover the planning and organization of literacy within the context of development in the Third World, understanding the planning process, and understanding organizations and their design, renewal, and change. Chapter 4 provides the transition to the second, practical part of the monograph. An ideal, fully functioning literacy system is described that is composed of nine subsystems. The nine chapters that follow deal with planning and organizing in relation to each of these nine subsystems: policy and planning, administrative and instructional delivery, technical support, social mobilization, curriculum and materials development, and evaluation. Each chapter describes (1) the planning and organizational objectives of the subsystem, (2) the planner system, and (3) the plan adoption system as defined by the objectives of the subsystem. Possible planning and organizational solutions are generated. A brief chapter of conclusions and a bibliography end the monograph. (YLB)