4.2.3 Systems Engineering Approach for Modeling An Organizational Structure

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.