The phrase "organizing idea" is correct and can be used in written English.
It refers to the main concept or central theme that a sentence is organized around. Example: The organizing idea of the essay was the importance of time management.
To be sustained, the experience calls for an organizing idea, a ruling fiction, making disorientation meaningful.
One is literal-minded fidelity to the organizing idea; the other is unimaginative pursuit of familiar artistic modes.
The organizing idea of all its music beamed out from beginning to end: a dank, cramped, low-expectations idea of eternity.
IN his study project for the Museum of Modern Art's 1997 competition to redesign its midtown campus, Koolhaas took circulation as his organizing idea.
The guidelines also take a firm stand that children must learn about evolution, the central organizing idea in the biological sciences for more than a century, but one that still provokes a backlash among some religious conservatives.
If Tatar doesn't offer an organizing idea about what fairy tales are, she does offer a strong view about what they usually include, and that ends up doing more or less the same work.
Beyond individual projects, innovation scouting includes organizing idea-generation workshops to further strategic initiatives.
The five or six organizing ideas for the play came to me in those 15 minutes".
Brainstorming is organizing ideas you plan to include and expanding on the topic you selected.
Such a child could have subtle motor problems, memory problems or difficulty in organizing ideas, he said.
Discussions are all about understanding information, organizing ideas, and asking the right questions to get people towards a conclusion.
