Collaborative organization analysis
First Claim
1. An apparatus for evaluating organization efficiency comprising:
- a communication frequency among departments obtaining unit for obtaining communication frequencies among departments, said frequencies being frequencies of information interchanges among a plurality of departments within an organization;
a group definition data obtaining unit for obtaining group definition data, said data defining a group including more than one of said departments within said organization;
a communication frequency among groups calculation unit for calculating communication frequencies among groups for said plurality of groups interchanging information, on the basis of said communication frequencies among departments; and
an organization efficiency calculation unit for calculating efficiency of an organization structure defined by said group definition data, on the basis of said communication frequencies among groups.
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Abstract
An apparatus for evaluating organization efficiency, a method for evaluation service of organization efficiency, an apparatus for generating communication frequencies, a method for generating communication frequencies, and programs and recording media of the same, quantitatively evaluate efficiency of an organization structure. The present invention provides an apparatus for evaluating organization efficiency having communication frequencies among departments obtaining unit for obtaining communication frequencies among departments, the frequency being frequencies of information interchanges among departments within an organization; a group definition data obtaining unit for obtaining group definition data, the data defining a group including more than one department within an organization; communication frequencies among groups calculation unit for calculating communication frequencies among groups for groups interchanging information, on the basis of communication frequencies among departments; and an organization efficiency calculation unit for calculating efficiency of an organization structure defined by group definition data, on the basis of the communication frequencies among groups.
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21 Claims
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1. An apparatus for evaluating organization efficiency comprising:
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a communication frequency among departments obtaining unit for obtaining communication frequencies among departments, said frequencies being frequencies of information interchanges among a plurality of departments within an organization;
a group definition data obtaining unit for obtaining group definition data, said data defining a group including more than one of said departments within said organization;
a communication frequency among groups calculation unit for calculating communication frequencies among groups for said plurality of groups interchanging information, on the basis of said communication frequencies among departments; and
an organization efficiency calculation unit for calculating efficiency of an organization structure defined by said group definition data, on the basis of said communication frequencies among groups. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11)
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12. An apparatus for generating communication frequencies comprising:
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a department information obtaining unit for obtaining department information indicative of a department to which each member of an organization belongs;
a communication frequency among members obtaining unit for obtaining communication frequencies among members, said frequency being frequencies of information interchanges among a plurality of members belonging to an organization; and
a communication frequency among departments generating unit for generating communication frequencies among departments, said frequency being frequencies of information interchanges among said plurality of departments, on the basis of said communication frequencies among members and said department information. - View Dependent Claims (13)
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14. An apparatus for evaluating organization efficiency comprising:
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an organization structure data obtaining unit for obtaining organization structure data indicative of a higher ranking department to which each of lower ranking departments being subordinate for a plurality of departments within an organization;
a group definition data obtaining unit for obtaining group definition data that defines a group including more than one of said departments and new cooperative relationship to be created among groups;
a target organization structure data generating unit for generating a structure, in which each department belonging to a group defined by said group definition data is considered as a higher ranking department and a department subordinate to the higher ranking department in said organization structure data is considered as a lower ranking department, as a target structure data indicative of a targeted organization structure; and
an organization efficiency calculation unit for calculating efficiency of an organization structure indicated by said target structure data, on the basis of said group definition data and said organization structure data.
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15. A method for evaluation service of organization efficiency comprising the steps of:
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obtaining communication frequencies among departments, said frequency being frequencies of information interchanges among a plurality of departments within an organization;
obtaining group definition data, said data defining a group including more than one of said departments within said organization;
calculating communication frequencies among groups for said plurality of groups interchanging information, on the basis of said communication frequencies among departments; and
calculating efficiency of an organization structure defined by said group definition data, on the basis of said communication frequencies among groups.
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16. A method for generating communication frequencies comprising the steps of:
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obtaining department information indicative of a department to which each member of organization belongs;
obtaining communication frequencies among members, said frequency being frequencies of information interchanges among a plurality of members belonging to an organization; and
generating communication frequencies among departments, said frequency being frequencies of information interchanges among said plurality of departments, on the basis of said communication frequencies among members and said department information.
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17. A method for evaluating organization efficiency comprising the steps of:
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obtaining organization structure data indicative of a higher ranking department to which each of lower ranking departments being subordinate for a plurality of departments within an organization;
obtaining group definition data that defines a group including more than one of said departments and new cooperative relationship to be created among groups;
generating a structure, in which each department belonging to a group defined by said group definition data is considered as a higher ranking department and a department subordinate to the higher ranking department in said organization structure data is considered as a lower ranking department, as a target structure data indicative of a targeted organization structure; and
calculating efficiency of an organization structure indicated by said target structure data, on the basis of said group definition data and said organization structure data.
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18. A program causing a computer to operate as:
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a communication frequency among departments obtaining unit for obtaining communication frequencies among departments, said frequency being frequencies of information interchanges among a plurality of departments within an organization;
a group definition data obtaining unit for obtaining group definition data, said data defining a group including more than one of said departments within said organization;
a communication frequency among groups calculation unit for calculating communication frequencies among groups for said plurality of groups interchanging information, on the basis of said communication frequencies among departments; and
an organization efficiency calculation unit for calculating efficiency of an organization structure defined by said group definition data, on the basis of said communication frequencies among groups. - View Dependent Claims (21)
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19. A program causing a computer to operate as:
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a department information obtaining unit for obtaining department information indicative of a department to which each member of organization belongs;
a communication frequency among members obtaining unit for obtaining communication frequencies among members, said frequency being frequencies of information interchanges among a plurality of members belonging to an organization; and
a communication frequency among departments generating unit for generating communication frequencies among departments, said frequency being frequencies of information interchanges among said plurality of departments, on the basis of said communication frequencies among members and said department information.
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20. A program causing a computer to operate as:
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an organization structure data obtaining unit for obtaining organization structure data indicative of a higher ranking department to which each of lower ranking departments being subordinate for a plurality of departments within an organization;
a group definition data obtaining unit for obtaining group definition data that defines a group including more than one of said department and new cooperative relationship to be created among groups;
a target organization structure data generating unit for generating a structure, in which each department belonging to a group defined by said group definition data is considered as a higher ranking department and a department subordinate to the higher ranking department in said organization structure data is considered as a lower ranking department, as target structure data indicative of a targeted organization structure; and
an organization efficiency calculation unit for calculating efficiency of an organization structure indicated by said target structure data, on the basis of said group definition data and said organization structure data.
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