Patent ID: 8311862

Claim:
A method for facilitating in assessing transitional costs in business transformations using a computer-aided organizational design system, the method comprising: creating, by a computer processor, a first organization design model representative of a current organization design state of an organization by identifying a first plurality of roles and the relationships among the first plurality of roles with respect to each other and by identifying at least one of a first plurality of tasks respectively designated to each of the first plurality of roles, each of the first plurality of tasks having at least one of a first plurality of tools is configured to correspondingly perform one of the first plurality of tasks; creating, by the computer processor, a second organization design model representative of a non-current organization design state of the organization by changing the first plurality of roles in the first organization design model to a second plurality of roles by adding another role, combining or splitting one or more of the first plurality of roles, or both, in the first organization design model and by changing the first plurality of tasks to a second plurality of tasks by designating another task, eliminating one or more of the first plurality of tasks, or both in the first organization design model, one or more of the second plurality of tasks is correspondingly designated to one of the second plurality of roles; and generating, by the computer processor, a report in response to a transition from the first organization design model to the second organization design model; wherein the report includes an identification of at least one of the second plurality of roles having a skill level necessary for each of a second plurality of tools to correspondingly perform one or more of the second plurality of tasks designated for each of the second plurality of roles; wherein the report includes an identification of the relationships among the second plurality of roles; wherein the report includes a transition cost for each of the second plurality of roles when moving from the first organization design model to the second organization design model, the transition cost is determined based on predetermined calculation algorithms or heuristics; and wherein the transition cost includes a cost of education required to transition from the first organization design model to the second organization design model, recruiting costs for hiring a skilled resource, a cost of retraining for individuals transitioning from the first organization design model to the second organization design model, and cost of a communication setup to facilitate collaboration between the second plurality of roles.