Personnel Structure
Definition
Describes an employee’s position in a company from the individual employee’s view.
Structure
The personnel structure can be considered from two perspectives:
administrative perspective
organizational perspective
The administrative personnel structure consists of the following elements:
Employee group
Employee subgroup
Payroll area
Organizational key
The extent of the distinction that you make between employee groups and employee subgroups depends on your evaluation and access protection requirements.
The organizational key consists of a part of both the enterprise structure and the personnel structure. The elements employee group and employee subgroup could also be relevant in forming the organizational key.
The organizational personnel structure consists of the following elements:
Position
Job
Organizational unit
Integration
To assign an employee to the personnel structure, use the
Hiring
personnel action. The data is stored in the
Organizational Assignment
(0001) infotype. This infotype is essential for authorization checks.