Kaufman's Organizational Elements Model

Kaufman's Organizational Elements Model

Introduction

Every organization, whether it is an educational setting or a business setting, has the same basic principle. Each shapes and molds different ideas and ingredients to produce a good or service to deliver to external clients in the community or society. The success of the organization depends on the client satisfaction and the usefulness of what was delivered (Quality Management Plus, 30). Roger Kaufman’s Organizational Elements Model distinguishes between the different elements that make up an organization’s work.

Each organizational element relates to one another. They have a building block effect where each element depends on the one before it in order to exist. The "organizational efforts (inputs and processes) contribute to organizational results (products and outputs) and these contribute to societal consequences and payoffs (outcomes)" (Strategic Planning in Education, 23).

What is the Organizational Elements Model?

Roger Kaufman’s Organizational Elements Model (OEM) consists of five parts: inputs, processes, products, outputs, and outcomes. Every organization, whether it be an educational or business setting, is made up of these five elements. The OEM is a framework for organizations to relate organizational efforts, organizational results, and societal payoffs or consequences (Cost-Consequence Analysis, 90). The OEM may also be divided into two different levels. The first level shows "What Is" and the second level shows "What Should Be".

Input

Process

Product

Output

Outcome

What Is

What Should Be

SOURCE: Adopted from Kaufman 1992, 1995; Hinchcliff 1995

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