Premium
4.2.3 Systems Engineering Approach for Modeling An Organizational Structure
Author(s) -
Rushton Gary,
Zakarian Armen,
Grigoryan Tigran
Publication year - 2002
Publication title -
incose international symposium
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 2334-5837
DOI - 10.1002/j.2334-5837.2002.tb02469.x
Subject(s) - organizational structure , organizational architecture , cohesion (chemistry) , computer science , organizational engineering , systems modeling , systems engineering , knowledge management , organizational studies , management science , organization development , software engineering , engineering , management , chemistry , organic chemistry , economics
An organization is just another type of system. Why not use systems engineering techniques for modeling and development of the organizational structure. Within every organization there are required tasks/functions that interact with each other. Therefore, one may use system engineering techniques to define what the organization is required to do and then develop an organizational structure using some basic design principals, e.g., integration analysis technique to minimize coupling and maximize cohesion between various organizational tasks and functions. In this paper, we illustrate how systems engineering design principles can be used for modeling and analysis of an organization structure.