Organisational Rules

From MIKE2 Methodology

Organisational Rules are needed to Change Organisational Behaviour

Organisational Rules govern interactions between groups and the technologies that are implemented. Organisational Rules are important for all organisations, independent of structure and the multiplicity of styles the organisation may take on. Some organisations are very Top-Down while others may be Bottom-Up. The organisation may be a loose federation or have a centralised hierarchical structure. In some organisations the informal network may be more important the an the formal network. In any case how the organisation behaves is important to know. This is needed to acquire information in the first place and to understand how priorities are established.

The approval of recommendations and migration plans are very dependent upon the organizational structure. Most organisations have the following conceptual structure guiding their behaviour:

• Organisational Behaviour. How organizational units or individuals work with one another on a day to day basis. This behaviour is what everyone sees.

• Organisational Rules. The rules which govern or encourage the ways in which groups or individuals work together. When new concepts or frameworks are introduced if these are not addressed then the subsequent organizational behaviour is unpredictable.

• Concepts and Infrastructures. The organisation's conceptual framework. New frameworks or concepts are introduced here. The biggest failure to have new concepts or frameworks adopted is because the organizations does not implement rules consistent with the concepts or frameworks.

• Organisational Beliefs. Not changeable directly. They change only after new concepts or frameworks improve organizational behaviour in some way that is interpreted as more successful than before.

MIKE2.0 formulates its Organisational Rules in a variety of fashions. Starting with Guiding Principles at the highest level, these rules then translate into lower levels of detail in the form of Data Governance Policies and Data Standards. The SAFE Architecture and Information Development are examples of MIKE2.0 Concepts and Infrastructures that complement these Rules.