BA Techniques: Organizational Modelling

Written by Bharath Ravi | Jul 8, 2020 8:13:06 AM

Purpose

Organizational modelling is used to describe the roles, responsibilities, and reporting structures that exists within an organization and to align those structures with the organization goals.

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Organizational modelling is usually designed by grouping people with common set of objectives. This technique is used because working in an increasingly dynamic environment involves continuous modifications of the roles, work goals and processes in order to meet the operating conditions and changing requirements of the business. The organizational model illustrates the employees that fall within the group, relationship between the members of the group, and the role of each person in the group. The organizational model has been developed by adopting the functional model, matrix model, and market model. It will helps us to keep the information up-to-date. It will provide the comprehensive overview of the business for effective planning, restructuring, and to achieve the organization goal.  

The organizational modelling defines how an organization or the organizational unit is structured. The purpose of the organizational modelling technique is to bring together a group of people to fulfill the common purpose. The group is organized because the people share the common set of skills and knowledge which will help to increase the demand in the market. An organizational model is the visual representation of the organizational unit which defines the boundaries of the group, the formal relationship between the members, the interface between the unit and the other stakeholders. The organizational analysis is the process of appraising the growth, operations, and work environment of the entity. It is beneficial as it enables the management to identify the area of weakness, and then find the solution for eliminating that particular problem.

 

Some of the articles related to Organizational Modelling techniques are as follows,

 

The main elements of the organizational modelling includes,

Types of Organizational Models - There are three types of organizational model. They are,
  • Functionally Oriented - It group the staff together based on the shared skills and generally encourage the standardization of work within the organization. They are beneficial because it facilitate the cost management, and reduce the duplication of the work which will solve the cross functional problem easily.
  • Market Oriented - It is intended to serve particular customer groups, geographical areas, projects, and processes rather than grouping the employees by common skills. It will permit the organization to meet the needs of the customers to increase their demand in the market.
  • Matrix Model - It has separate managers for each functional areas, and for each products and services. Employees report to the manager who is responsible for the performance of type of work and for identifying the opportunities in the efficiency of the work.
  • Roles - The roles require a certain set of skills and knowledge, has specific responsibilities, perform certain kind of work, and has defined relationship with other roles in the organization.
  • Interfaces - It is the form of communication with other people in other roles and work packages that the organizational units receive from and delivers to the other unit.
  • Organizational Charts - It is the mix of organizational units and show a mix of people, teams, and higher level divisions. It uses the line of reporting which depicts the relationship between the manager and the organizational unit.
  • Influence - It is important in planning the communication and making provisions for user acceptance.

Some of the books for Organizational Modelling techniques,

 

 
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