Groupware technology for a new approach to organization design systems

A concept and framework for distributed structural organizational design for workflow management systems in global business is presented. Very few approaches to workflow management address dynamic change in (international) organizational structures. Processes describe the activities which are performed, and an enterprise model describes the actors and the structure of the organization. This report on groupware-based organization design (GroupOrga) analyzes the circumstances of today's organizational design approaches. An innovative approach to organizational design for workflow and office systems is presented which is team-oriented and groupware-based. Structural organizational design requires complete knowledge about the organization-a requirement that cannot be met by one person. A team approach supported by groupware is discussed, as well the architecture and tool-centered implementation aspects of the system.