Position 

Definition

An object for planning the authorized personnel of a force element.

Use

Use positions to describe the authorized personnel of a force element. A position represents a position to be filled by a person (Personnel Administration component).

Structure

Technically, the position corresponds to the position (object type S) in the Organizational Management component.

Status and validity

Status and validity correspond to the object type position in the Organizational Management component.

Properties

The following fields are available on the tab pages in the Structures Workbench:

·        Name tab page

The identifying indicator of the position (analogous to the tab page of the same name for the force element).

·        Description tab page

Descriptive user-defined texts for the position (analogous to the tab page of the same name for the force element).

·        EE Group/Subgroup tab page

The assignment of the position to the employee subgroup and employee group (Personnel Administration component).

You can use this assignment to check the employee and position data in the Personnel Administration and Organizational Management components. A prerequisite for this check is that the employee groups/subgroups exist in both components.

The system checks whether:

¡        Both the employee who holds a position and the position itself are assigned to the same employee group and the same employee subgroup.

¡        The working time that is assigned to positions and employee groups/subgroups in the Organizational Management component matches the working time assigned to the position holder in the Personnel Administration component.

If the working times do not match, the system issues a warning message.

Data for the employee group/subgroup is stored in infotype 1013. Even if this integration is not active, this infotype is important because the system checks the employee groups/subgroups when working times are processed. For more information, see the Implementation Guide (IMG) for Personnel Administration.

·        Tasks tab page

The assigned tasks (analogous to the tab page of the same name for the force element).

·        Personnel Categories tab page

See Command and Control Relationships.

·        Specific Chars tab page

See Armed Forces-Specific Position Characteristics (Infotype 1958).

·        Cmd and Ctrl Support tab page

See Command and Control Support (Infotype 1959).

·        Op./Ex. Relationship tab page

See Command and Control Relationships.

·        Rank tab page

See Rank.

·        Material Plng Object tab page

See Authorized Materials (Position).

·        Material Container tab page

See Authorized Materials (Position).

An infotype for storing NATO-specific information is also available that you process using the Organizational Management component rather than the Structures Workbench.

Integration

Positions can be:

·        Assigned to force elements

·        Assigned to persons

·        Described on the basis of jobs

·        Linked to logistics work centers on the basis of HR work centers