Deciding When To Use the HR Manage Positions Business Process

When deciding when to use the Manage Positions business process, consider the following:

• If your organization is fluid—you tend to view broader groupings of employees and often create new jobs—you'll probably find that structuring the system by employee is best. This method is useful if your organization is expanding, or if you often create new jobs or job types.

• If your organization is fairly static—jobs and job descriptions are mostly fixed, and people move in and out of them—you'll probably find that structuring the system by position is most effective. Government agencies and hospitals, which plan positions based on budgets, find this method useful.

• If both methods serve you well in different areas of your organization, you can choose to structure Human Resources by position for some departments or management levels and by employee for others. Human Resources enables you to use both by selecting a setting called partial position management to use both methods wherever they suit you.