System Atlas

Market and positioning → partnerships → country offices and field presence → norms and standards (+7)

Workflows that drive an outcome from step to step. Process steps that hand work to each other.

Within one industryHolds in International organizations. Counted from public, sourced parts only; each organization below links to the parts it was counted on.

Organizations running it
5
Of their industry
56%
The pattern
What every instance has, in order
  1. Decisions
    Market and positioning
    in 100% of instances
    then
  2. People
    Partnerships
    in 100% of instances
    then
  3. Process
    Country offices and field presence
    in 100% of instances
    then
  4. Process
    Norms and standards
    in 100% of instances
    information
  5. People
    Member states
    in 100% of instances
    then
  6. Process
    Hiring
    in 100% of instances
    then
  7. Software
    Communication tools
    in 100% of instances
    then
  8. Data
    Data management
    in 100% of instances
    then
  9. Decisions
    Governance and decision rights
    in 100% of instances
    control
  10. Decisions
    Strategy and goals
    in 100% of instances
    then
  11. Process
    Management cadence
    in 100% of instances

Coloured arrows: a flow of that type seen between the two at instance organizations. Grey arrows: order only.

Structure
Element
Share of instances
Companies
Invariant 11
At least 90% have it
People2
Partnerships
100%
5
Member states
100%
5
Process4
Country offices and field presence
100%
5
Norms and standards
100%
5
Hiring
100%
5
Management cadence
100%
5
Software1
Communication tools
100%
5
Data1
Data management
100%
5
Decisions3
Market and positioning
100%
5
Governance and decision rights
100%
5
Strategy and goals
100%
5
Variant 33
20 to 80%: where they differ · Members
People5
Customer service and support
80%
4
Secretariat and executive head
60%
3
Org structure
40%
2
Sales
20%
1
Suppliers and partners
20%
1
Process13
Lead generation
80%
4
Production or delivery
80%
4
Product or service design
60%
3
Planning and scheduling
60%
3
Quality control
60%
3
Assessed contributions
60%
3
Voluntary and earmarked contributions
60%
3
Evaluation and oversight offices
40%
2
Procurement
20%
1
Customer onboarding
20%
1
Retention and renewal
20%
1
Collections and receivables
20%
1
Learning and improvement
20%
1
Software1
Systems: tools and data
40%
2
Data5
Reporting and dashboards
60%
3
Inventory and assets
40%
2
Customer data
20%
1
Cash and treasury
20%
1
Legal and contracts administration
20%
1
Decisions9
Budgeting and forecasting
80%
4
Policies and culture
60%
3
Founding treaty and mandate
60%
3
Pricing
40%
2
Security and access
40%
2
Regulatory compliance
40%
2
Performance and pay
20%
1
Insurance and risk
20%
1
Resolutions and decisions
20%
1
Variant · where they differ
Member
Variants, couplings and instances

Every level, number, source and dimension: Member, $300 a year.

Couplings · what comes together
Member
Variants, couplings and instances

Every level, number, source and dimension: Member, $300 a year.

Entropy
Where it runs rough

Operating-reality findings at instance companies: workarounds, manual hand-offs, bottlenecks.

  • Management cadence2 findings
    Bottleneck 1 · Dependency 1 · at 2 companies
  • Hiring2 findings
    Dependency 1 · Tacit rule 1 · at 2 companies
  • Voluntary and earmarked contributions2 findings
    Dependency 2 · at 2 companies
  • Collections and receivables1 finding
    Tacit rule 1 · at 1 company
  • Country offices and field presence1 finding
    Dependency 1 · at 1 company
  • Governance and decision rights1 finding
    Dependency 1 · at 1 company
  • Lead generation1 finding
    Dependency 1 · at 1 company
  • Norms and standards1 finding
    Dependency 1 · at 1 company
Seen across
Where it holds
Size
  • 1000+ people40%
  • 501-1000 people20%
Region
  • Switzerland80%
  • Canada20%
Instances
The 5 companies it was seen at
Member
Variants, couplings and instances

Every level, number, source and dimension: Member, $300 a year.