Patent ID: 6615182
Filing Date: 2003-09-02
Classification: G06Q

Abstract:
A method for defining an organizational structure of an enterprise in a computerized performance evaluation system, comprising:storing a plurality of user-defined levels within a computerized performance evaluation system; storing a user-defined hierarchy for the levels within the performance evaluation system by storing an assignment for each lower level in the hierarchy to a higher level in the hierarchy; storing information identifying a plurality of user-defined members within the performance evaluation system; assigning each member to a level within the hierarchy to define the organizational structure of the enterprise within the performance evaluation system; storing a plurality of user identifiers within the performance evaluation system, the user identifiers associated with particular users that perform evaluations of particular ones of the user-defined members; generating a first user view for a first user, the first user view specifying the particular members to which the first user is allowed access; generating a second user view for a second user, the second user view specifying the particular members to which the second user is allowed access; assigning first access privileges to the first user, wherein the first access privileges allow the first user to perform services for user-defined members specified in the first user view; and assigning second access privileges to the second user, wherein the second access privileges allow the second user to perform services for user-defined members specified in the second user view.