Systematic Organizational Design (SORD) Methodology: A Primer

Abstract

The Systematic Organizational Design (SORD) methodology is a user-oriented, computer-assisted tool that uses a standardized process and structure to design an Army organizational unit up through company level. This report describes the background and status of the SORD development, presents an overview of the SORD methodology, and uses examples taken from a field test of SORD to illustrate each major component of the methodology. The three major components of SORD are (1) the Mission to Function System, which designates and translates mission requirements; (2) the Unit Design System, which designs a structured unit comprised of the appropriate numbers and types of major material and personnel assets; and (3) the Design Evaluation System, which assesses and verifies the match between mission requirements and unit capabilities. SORD also incorporates a crew and a cell database and a report producing module. The report also discusses the benefits that can be derived from the recent institutionalization of SORD and its future refinements. (author)

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Sep 01, 1990
Accession Number
ADA230103

Entities

People

  • Aubry L. Briggs
  • Joseph A. Conroy
  • Richard E. Christ

Organizations

  • Leidos

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • C4I
  • Human Systems

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Army Training
  • Artificial Intelligence
  • Classification
  • Combat Readiness
  • Command And Control
  • Computers
  • Corporations
  • Doctrine
  • Field Tests
  • Military Research
  • Organizational Structure
  • Procurement
  • Security
  • Social Sciences
  • Standards
  • Test And Evaluation
  • Training

Fields of Study

  • Computer science

Readers

  • Instructional Design and Training Evaluation.
  • Organizational Process Management (OPM).
  • Software Engineering