One Structure for Organization, Operations, Development, and Management: the Business
Submitted by bcfc on December 22nd, 2009
Separate organization and management structures have always been laid over the business causing complexity
Since the beginning, enterprises have implemented organization, process, account, performance, project, IT architectures, administrative functions, and other structures. Each of these many structures must be maintained and managed producing business complexity. Many conflicting entities that define each structure produce information complexity, prevent consistent and accurate management information, and require high-cost information technology overheads. Each structure is fixed and rigid and conflicts with the ever-changing business. Periodically, reorganization and change management is required to bring the fixed structures into closer alignment with the business.
Experts have wanted to find one structure to organize and manage the enterprise as one consistent whole
Over the years, there have been many efforts to create one simple and consistently-defined structure for complete and consistent business data capture, reliable communications, accurate management information, use of common solutions, business collaboration, and other needs. The answer, so far, is to lay higher-level management structures over existing structures to reconcile data from various unrelated structures and to consolidate information. However, until now, no one has defined the one integrated structure that can replace all existing structures and be used to organize and manage any enterprise in any industry.
The one integrated structure has existed all along; it is the business
There is one structure. It has been there all along! That structure is the business itself! [more...]f!

