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Market and positioning → inventory and assets → org structure

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

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

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Organizations running it
16
Of their industry
0%
The pattern
What every instance has, in order
  1. Decisions
    Market and positioning
    in 100% of instances
    then
  2. Data
    Inventory and assets
    in 100% of instances
    then
  3. People
    Org structure
    in 94% of instances

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

Structure
GroupsLayersEverything
Element
Share of instances
Companies
Invariant 3
At least 90% have it
People1
Org structure
94%
15
Data1
Inventory and assets
100%
16
Decisions1
Market and positioning
100%
16
Variant 27
20 to 80%: where they differ · Members
People3
Suppliers and partners
44%
7
Customer service and support
31%
5
Student services
25%
4
Process10
Research enterprise and sponsored programs
75%
12
Product or service design
63%
10
Production or delivery
63%
10
Lead generation
50%
8
Financial aid and funding
44%
7
Enrolment
38%
6
Athletics
38%
6
Hiring
38%
6
Advancement and alumni relations
38%
6
Customer onboarding
31%
5
Software2
Core system of record
44%
7
Systems: tools and data
31%
5
Data2
Registrar and student records
31%
5
Cash and treasury
31%
5
Decisions10
Strategy and goals
63%
10
Governance and decision rights
63%
10
Security and access
44%
7
Regulatory compliance
44%
7
Curriculum
38%
6
Health, safety and environment
38%
6
Pricing
25%
4
Budgeting and forecasting
25%
4
Policies and culture
25%
4
Licences and registrations
25%
4
Variant · where they differ
Member
Variants, couplings and instances

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

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Couplings · what comes together
Member
Variants, couplings and instances

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

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Entropy
Where it runs rough

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

  • Enrolment3 findings
    Dependency 2 · Informal channel 1 · at 3 companies
  • Research enterprise and sponsored programs3 findings
    Dependency 2 · Tacit rule 1 · at 3 companies
  • Core system of record3 findings
    Dependency 3 · at 3 companies
  • Regulatory compliance2 findings
    Bottleneck 1 · Dependency 1 · at 2 companies
  • Production or delivery2 findings
    Tacit rule 2 · at 2 companies
  • Lead generation2 findings
    Informal channel 2 · at 2 companies
  • Org structure2 findings
    Bottleneck 1 · Dependency 1 · at 2 companies
  • Advancement and alumni relations1 finding
    Informal channel 1 · at 1 company
Seen across
Where it holds
Business model
  • service13%
Size
  • 1000+ people63%
  • 501-1000 people6%
Region
  • Brazil25%
  • United States25%
  • France13%
  • United Kingdom13%
  • Canada6%
  • Croatia6%
Instances
The 16 companies it was seen at
Member
Variants, couplings and instances

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

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