Organizational restructuring

• US 20040220825A1
• Filed: 12/31/2003
• Published: 11/04/2004
• Est. Priority Date: 03/14/2003
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: SAP SE
• Original Assignee: SAP SE
• Inventors: Moore, Dennis B., Wood, Eric, Kol, Nir, Schwerin-Wenzel, Sven
• Application Number:
  US10/750,229
• Publication Number:
  US 20040220825A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 705/1
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/06 Resources, workflows, human or project management; Enterprise or organisation planning; Enterprise or organisation modelling
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/06375 Prediction of business process outcome or impact based on a proposed change
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/103 Workflow collaboration or project management
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/105 Human resources

Abstract

A method includes providing a single logical physically distributed information system across one or more information systems of at least two enterprises, wherein the enterprises can be being combined, and providing a user interface to access the single logical information system, wherein the single logical physically distributed information system executes one or more merger activities, pre-merger activities, and post-merger activities, wherein the merger activities comprise organizational restructuring and personnel redeployment.

Claims

1. A method comprising:

providing a single logical physically distributed information system across one or more information systems of at least two enterprises, wherein the enterprises are being combined; and

providing a user interface to access the single logical information system, wherein the single logical physically distributed information system executes one or more merger activities, pre-merger activities, and post-merger activities, wherein the merger activities comprise organizational restructuring and personnel redeployment.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the user interface is adapted to at least one of a role of the user and a phase of the merger, wherein the user role comprises an internal expert and an external expert of one of the enterprises, wherein the internal expert comprises at least one of an executive, an employee, a manager, an investor, and an owner of one of the enterprises, wherein the external expert comprises at least one of a consultant, an advisor, a supplier, an analyst, and a specialist.

3. A system for planning a merger of at least two organizations, the system comprising:

a first interface adapted to allow a user to plan a human resource project related to the merger with a resource management capability and a time management capability; and

a second interface adapted to deliver a targeted result related to the resource management capability and the time management capability wherein the second interface permits creating, posting, and sharing information related to the merger.

4. The system of claim 3, further comprising a user interface adapted for a manager of at least one of the organizations, further comprising tools adapted to allow a user to exchange merger information with a person associated with one of the organizations, wherein the person is selected from a class consisting of managers, employees, customers, partners, suppliers, consultants, analysts and specialists.

5. A system for implementing a merger of at least two organizations, wherein the system comprises a computer module adapted to allow a user to restructure at least one of the organizations, wherein the computer module comprises instructions operable to perform at least one of a planning of an organizational movement of a person, a tracking of an organizational movement of a 8 p person, a tracking of an employee from various rankings and locations within at least one organization, an assigning of a person of one of the organizations to collaborate with a user of the system, a matching of organizational resources, and a redeploying of resources of at least one organization.

6. The system of claim 5, wherein the tracking of an organizational movement of one or more employees comprises a headcount and a measure of an influence of an organizational change on one or more employees in a time period.

7. The system of claim 5, wherein the computer module generates one or more objects to track the movement of a person within at least one organization, wherein the objects comprise reports, charts, and documents.

8. A system for implementing a merger of at least two organizations, wherein the system comprises a software tool presenting a user with at least one of a personalized object, a preferred object, a recently accessed object, and a merger-related object.

9. A computer system for implementing a merger of at least two organizations, wherein the computer system comprises a first module for budget planning and a second module for headcount quota planning, wherein the module comprises a graphical user interface.

10. The computer system of claim 9, wherein the graphical user interface comprises a job description, a number of open positions, a number of filled positions, and at least one of a planning period and a time interval.

11. The computer system of claim 10, wherein the graphical user interface allows a user to add, delete, and edit positions.

12. A system for implementing a merger of at least two organizations, wherein the system comprises a computer module for headcount analysis, wherein the computer module comprises a user interface adapted to present a chart of employee headcount information for a time period.

13. The system of claim 12, wherein the system further comprises a user interface adapted to edit information for one or more personnel of at least one of the merger organizations.

14. The computer system of claim 13, wherein the user interface further comprises a link to an interface for at least one of a promotion request, an internal reassignment, a personnel transfer, a special payment request, and a change of personnel groups.

15. The computer system of claim 13, wherein the computer system further comprises an organizational planning interface, wherein the organizational planning interface comprises information personalized for at least one of the organizations and a greeting message personalized for an organizational planning interface.

16. The computer system of claim 15, wherein the organizational planning interface is adapted to facilitate a redeployment of one or more employees, wherein the organizational planning interface further comprises a panel and information for at least one of an office overview, a functional overview, a divisional overview, and a status overview of at least one of the organizations.

17. The computer system of claim 16, wherein the panel presents at least one of a number of positions, a number of assigned positions, and a number of unassigned positions, wherein the panel comprises a graph presenting a status of employee transitions and placements.

18. The computer system of claim 15, wherein the organizational planning interface further comprises information for one or more organizational headcounts pending approval, information for a financial impact, information for employee layoffs, and one or more issues for employee redeployment, wherein the one or more issues for employee redeployment comprises an indicator of a priority level for an issue, a date of creation of the issue, and a name of one or more stakeholders presenting the issue.

19. The computer system of claim 15, wherein the organizational planning interface further comprises at least one of a link presenting an employee redeployment, a link presenting an organizational personnel structure, a link presenting a headcount planner, a link presenting an employee retention tool, and a link presenting an employee compensation tool.

20. A system for implementing a merger of first and second organizations, wherein the system comprises:

a first user interface for the first organization, wherein the first user interface comprises human resource information;

a second user interface for the second organization; and

a link relating the first and second user interfaces.

21. The system of claim 20, wherein at least one of the interfaces present at least one of an organizational information, a financial statement, an organizational historical statement, a background statement, an investor information, and answers to frequently asked questions, wherein at least one of the interfaces further presents at least one of an employee headcount, a headcount category, a history of headcount transitions, a predicted headcount transition, and a menu of one or more disparate interfaces, wherein the menu comprises one or more interface links for at least one of a management plan, a transition plan, a management initiative, and a risk management overview.

22. A system for implementing a merger of at least two organizations, wherein the software product is adapted to present an interface for planning, managing, and assessing human resource information, wherein the human resource information comprises at least one of a hiring date, a benefit scale, and an indicator of employee absenteeism.

23. The system of claim 22, wherein the system permits a user to define one or more parameters for absenteeism, wherein the indicator comprises a graphical calendar emphasizing one or more days of absenteeism, wherein the human resource information further comprises a picture of one or more employees.

24. The system of claim 22, wherein the system further comprises a module adapted to track a realization of merger objectives, wherein the merger objectives comprise tangible and intangible merger objectives, wherein the intangible merger objectives comprise a product brand recognition for one or more customers and one or more cultural issues of employees of at least one of the organizations.

25. The system of claim 22, wherein the system further comprises a module adapted to track a cultural effect of organizational changes.

26. The system of claim 22, wherein the system further comprises a module adapted to track one or more interfaces between a first group of a first organization and a second group of a second organization, wherein the one or more interfaces comprises input data, output data, and information related to one or more reports.

27. An article comprising a machine-readable medium storing instructions operable to cause one or more machines to perform operations comprising:

planning a merger of at least two organizations;

managing the merger of at least two of the organizations;

restructuring an organizational structure of at least one of the organizations; and

redeploying one or more personnel in at least one of the organizations.