Question 4: What organization dimensions are needed for analysis and reporting?

NOTE: This article is part of a six-question series providing a structured process to Meet the business need for insight.

In organization analysis, the “organization dimensions” included in your dataset are used to ‘slice-and-dice’ key organization measures, compare subgroups across the organization, and identify where action needs to be targeted.  (see “Organization Dimensions” explained and How to get from raw data to actionable insight). 

When modelling organization design options, positions in the ‘to be’ structure are defined using organization dimensions, for example, the functional department it will be part of, the business unit it will belong to, and the geographic location.
Typical organization dimensions include:

• Functional
• Geography
• Business unit / customer segment/ product and service line

The following questions can help inform which dimensions to use, and the structure of your Orgvue tenant/ datasets:

• Where do accountabilities sit for managing business areas? (Your analysis needs to speak directly to business leadership teams)
• What subgroups are used for financial, operational, and other regular business reporting? Is there consistency in the subgroups used (i) across different parts of the business (ii) for different types of business reporting? (consistency should always be sought)
• Is there a logical mapping across different levels?  For example, Global Regions comprised of a define set of Countries, and each Country having a defined set of Locations/ Offices/ Sites there is option to Maintain logic across properties with Dependent Lookups

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See also

• Best practices for organizational analysis
• “Organization Dimensions” explained
• Organization Dimensions Story Pack
• Example Key Measures
• The Data Maturity Journey