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Foil 31 Layers in an Organization

From What is a Portal? CPS714 Computational Science Information Track -- May 26 99. by Geoffrey C. Fox


Physical Layer -- infrastructure: the way the organization's information systems (electronic and otherwise) support any given process or set of processes (most often created in pieces and reflective of yesterday's priorities)
Prescribed (Process) Layer -- organization: the way an organization defines a process and assumes it should work, usually based on defini- tion from outdated sources or peripheral parties (such as managers and executives)
Practical (Logical) Layer -- people: the way people naturally work together; often how they work around obstacles and impediments of the other two layers; usually spontaneous and rarely documented, due to fear of retribution and protection of job security



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