Structures 

Use

Organizational elements of armed forces, police, and aid organizations, which you map in the system as force elements, as well as positions and persons, can be included in different organizational structures.

An organizational structure is a structure that is modeled between objects such as organizational units (basis of a force element), positions, and persons, by means of relationships.

The following scenarios are possible:

·        Several structures exist alongside one other within an organization.

In a military organization, for instance, there can be parallel organizational structures for peacetime and wartime. Additional structures can exist for operations and exercises.

·        Objects can be included in several structures simultaneously.

Certain organizational elements or positions exist in both the peacetime establishment and the wartime establishment, while some exist in the wartime establishment only. 

·        Cross-references exist between parallel structures.

In order to map command responsibility, organizational elements of an operational structure can be assigned to an organizational element from the peacetime establishment.

Example of three structures

O = force element (organizational unit), S = position, P = person

You can use such structures to map both the hierarchical arrangement of your organization (the organizational structure and various command and control relationships) as well as functional relationships, such as support relationships. Some of these structures will be permanent in nature, while others will be temporary (in some cases, to the minute). In addition to legally binding structures, you can map non-binding work breakdowns.

In addition to the existing structures, you can:

·        Plan future structures

·        Create templates or reference structures to enable you to create structures effectively and consistently

You can use organizational structures to:

·        Represent reporting paths

·        Identify supporting units in logistics processes

·        Identify workflow agents

·        Pass on properties to lower-level objects

When you create and assign objects, you specify in which structure(s) the object is to be included. This connection is displayed in the object as the usage type.

Integration

Structures are mapped by force elements, positions, and/or persons. You can also set up structures using reference force elements.

Prerequisites

If necessary, you have defined the required relationships in Customizing in order to be able to map customer-specific structures (such as work breakdowns).

For more information about the relationships provided and defining your own relationships, see the Implementation Guide (IMG) for Defense Forces & Public Security ® Organizational Flexibility ® Command and Support Relationships ® Edit Relationships.

In Customizing for Defense Forces & Public Security, you can change the texts that describe the relationships displayed in the Structures Workbench by choosing Organizational Flexibility ®Structures Workbench ® Tab Pages ® Define Tab Pages for Command and Support Relationships.

You have defined in which combinations and the dependencies with which relationships are to be created when objects are created. See also Editing Force Elements.

Features

In the standard system, relationships are available for the following structures, which comprise force elements, positions, and persons:

·        Command and control relationships in the domestic base between force elements, positions, and persons

¡        Organizational structure

¡        Administrative chain of command

¡        Wartime establishment

·        Command and control relationships in operations and exercises between force elements, positions, and persons

¡        Operational structure

¡        Exercise target

·        Task organization between force elements

·        Support relationships between force elements

·        Reference structures between reference force elements

Editing and Displaying Structures

For information about creating and editing structures, see Editing Relationships.

Structures (and the inclusion of objects in structures) are displayed as follows:

·        Complete structures are displayed in the structure area in the Structures Workbench.

·        Details about the exact inclusion of a particular object are displayed on the object’s tab pages.

·        The usage type displayed in the object properties gives a general indication of the structure in which the object is included.