Basic organisation altering (8)
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I believe the answer is:
integral
'basic' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)
'organisation altering' is the wordplay.
'organisation' indicates an anagram.
'altering' anagrammed gives 'INTEGRAL'.
(Other definitions for integral that I've seen before include "though whole" , "Altering (anag)" , "Large tin (anag.)" , "United" , "Formed of constituent parts" .)