Basic elements in a company are as follows:
- Organizational Units (O)
- Jobs (C)
- Positions (S)
- Person (P)
- Tasks (T)
Organizational Units (O) describe the company’s distinct business units. Multiple Org units with corresponding meaningful relationships form an organizational structure. E.g. A company will have various departments (HR department, Finance department etc) and each department having various business processes. E.g. HR department having sub-department like payroll, training etc..
Jobs (C): Example of jobs are consultant, accountant, salesperson etc. Job may be performed by more than one individual. E.g. There may be more than one accountants in a company.
Positions (S): Jobs are general classifications of positions existing within an organization. Each position represents one employee.
Tasks (T): Tasks are responsibilities that employees are required to perform.e.g answering a phone call. Tasks are used to describe jobs and positions. Tasks that the holder of a position must perform are done by creating relationship infotype records between individual tasks and a position. Infotype 1001 is used to define the relationship between various objects.
Org Management objects are linked to each other via some relationship to form a structure. The relationship can be bidirectional (Both ways) or unidirectional (One way).
Object Relationships |
Description |
Relationship Type |
|---|---|---|
Org Unit to Org Unit |
The sales department reports to the Executive board and the Executive board is the line supervisor of the sales department |
Both ways |
Job to Position |
The job describes the position and the position is described by job |
Both ways |
Position to Org Unit |
The position belongs to the Org Unit and the Org Unit incorporates the position |
Both ways |
Cost Center to Org Unit |
The Cost Center is assigned to the Org Unit |
One way |
Each relationship between various objects has a three digit key in combination with either an A (Child) or a B (Parent):
| Allowed Relationship | Relationship Direction | Relationship Key | Relationship Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| Org (O) to Org (O) | A (Child) | 002 | Reports to |
| Org (O) to Org (O) | B (Parent) | 002 | Is Line Supervisor of |
| Position (S) to Org (O) | A (Child) | 003 | Belongs to |
| Position (S) to Org (O) | B (Parent) | 003 | Incorporates |
| Job (C) to Position (S) | A (Child) | 007 | Describes |
| Job (C) to Position (S) | B (Parent) | 007 | Is Described by |