Organizational Unit 

Definition

Organizational object (object type key O), which is used to form the basis of an organizational model. Organizational units are functional units of a company. Depending on how task distribution is organized in a company, these can be, for example, departments, groups or project teams.

Use

When you set up the organizational units and their hierarchical links, you create an organizational model of your company, that is, how the organizational units fit together.

Structure

The following organizational units are available in CRM for which you can enter the corresponding organizational unit in the R/3 system. You make this setting in maintenance of the organizational model on the Function tab page (Type tab page in the Human Resources System).

Mapping Organizational Units

Scenario	Organizational attribute	Corresponds in R/3 with
Sales	Sales organization	Sales organization
Sales	Sales office	Sales office
Sales	Sales group	Sales group
Service	Service organization	Planning plant

You can also assign more than one organizational attribute to an organizational unit. For example, you can specify that an organizational unit represents both the sales office and also the sales group.

You can also define individual organizational units, for example, regional office, branch etc. But you can only define an R/3 counterpart for the above.

Organizational units have general attributes that specify, for example, the responsibility of an organizational unit for a specific area. You can define the features of an organizational unit in CRM under general attribute maintenance.

Integration

An organizational unit can be linked with

·         other organizational units via the link A/B 002 (reports to / is line manager of)

·         Positions via the links A/B 003 (belongs to / covers) and A/B 012 (manages / is managed by)

Organizational units can occur as business partners. If you create an organizational unit, the system automatically creates a business partner record for the organizational unit. You can find more information under BP role organizational unit and in the Implementation Guide (IMG) under Master Data ->  Business Partner ->  Integration Business Partner – Employee.