Organizational Management
Organizational Management (OM) covers the data model and processes used to represent a company's structure - organizational units, jobs, positions, and reporting relationships - and how that structure drives workflows, permissions, headcount planning, and reporting across SAP HCM (ECC), SAP S/4HANA, and SAP SuccessFactors Employee Central. This topic explains the foundational concepts, configuration approaches, integration touchpoints, and production support considerations needed to build and maintain a reliable org structure.
Overview
Organizational Management (OM) covers the data model and processes used to represent a company's structure - organizational units, jobs, positions, and reporting relationships - and how that structure drives workflows, permissions, headcount planning, and reporting across SAP HCM (ECC), SAP S/4HANA, and SAP SuccessFactors Employee Central. This topic explains the foundational concepts, configuration approaches, integration touchpoints, and production support considerations needed to build and maintain a reliable org structure.
Lessons in this topic
- Position Management and Matrix Relationships in Employee CentralLearn how Position foundation objects, incumbency rules, and matrix relationships extend the core org structure in Employee Central to support dotted-line reporting, succession planning, and position-driven headcount control.
- Configuring and Maintaining the Org Structure: Relationships, Effective Dating, and Position ManagementLearn how to build and maintain an org structure using relationships and effective dating, decide on position management scope, and connect OM to Employee Central and downstream processes.
- Foundations of Organizational Management: Org Units, Jobs, and PositionsUnderstand why Organizational Management exists, the core objects (org unit, job, position, person) and how they relate to each other to represent a company's structure.