General definition: Organizational Design & Analysis involves the strategic planning and structuring of an organization's workforce to align with business goals and operational needs. This includes addressing complex scenarios such as mergers and acquisitions, divestitures, and reductions in force, as well as planning for the optimal organizational structures required for fast-growth companies. Organizations deploying this use case will be equipped with the tools to design effective organizational structures, ensuring that the right roles, reporting lines, and workforce distributions are in place to support strategic objectives.
Value it delivers:
- Helps organizations navigate structural changes
- Enables organizations to optimize resource allocation
- Enhances operational efficiency
How Anaplan delivers that value: Anaplan includes features for modeling organizational changes, analyzing the impact of various structural configurations, and simulating different scenarios to prepare for growth or downsizing. It offers a user-friendly interface for visualizing organizational hierarchies, tracking key metrics, and managing transition processes. The solution integrates with human resources and financial systems to provide a comprehensive view of organizational data, supporting informed decision-making.
Typical inputs for this use case:
- Current organizational structures
- Headcount data
- Business growth projections
- Financial constraints
- Strategic plans
What this use case feeds into:
- Anaplan use cases:
  1. Workforce (HR): Operational Workforce Planning
  2. Workforce (HR): Strategic Workforce Planning
  3. Workforce (HR): Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) Planning
  4. Finance: Long Range Planning
  5. Finance: M&A Planning
  6. Finance: Real Estate Planning
- Other business benefits:
  - Improved agility in responding to market and business changes
  - Streamlined operations
  - Enhanced alignment between business strategy and workforce structure
  - A more efficient approach to managing large-scale organizational transformations, such as mergers, acquisitions, and restructuring efforts

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