Organizational Model
– clarify responsibilities within the organization

What is an Organizational Model?

An organizational model describes the geographical distribution of responsibilities within an organization, or, in other words, an organizational structure. Responsibility lies with the individuals, roles, and positions within the organization. The organizational model thus shows the organizational affiliation and the responsibility for competence provision.

Why should you use an Organizational Model?

Clarifying the organizational structure in a visual model has many advantages. Among other things, it helps:

1. Clarity and Understanding Images are worth a thousand words. The organizational model provides a clear and concise picture of the hierarchy and relationships within the organization. It makes it easier for everyone, from new employees to senior management, to understand how an organization works.
2. Improved Communication The organizational model’s visual representation often makes communication more effective. It becomes easier to identify who is responsible for what, thus streamlining communication channels.
3. Identify Lack of Resources The organizational model can help you identify overlaps or gaps in roles and responsibilities. This, in turn, allows for more efficient resource allocation and organizational restructuring where necessary.
4. Support for Strategic Planning The Organizational Model can help organizational leaders with strategic planning. This may involve considering expansions, reorganizations, or changes in business strategy. In these situations, the organizational model can act as a framework for how changes will affect the organization.
5. Onboarding For new employees, the Organizational Model often becomes an essential tool in understanding their role, who they report to, and how they relate to the organization.

The organization we are mapping consists of several different departments. Therefore, we choose to add additional organizational objects under our first organizational object to represent the organization’s different departments. The department’s relationship to the organization is ‘Consists of,’ which is data we see in text form that clarifies the organizational model.

At this level of the mapping, we then want to add the prominent responsible persons for each part of the organization. Therefore, we assign positions with the relation ‘Accountable’ to each part of the organization.

We have now created an overall Organizational Model that shows the structure of our organization. We can then break down each department into individual models that provide a more detailed description of each department. In these models, we can further clarify responsibilities, roles, and individuals within the organization.