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Operating model

Meaning in management & leadership, with examples

nounAdvanced term

In management & leadership, operating model means: The arrangement of people, processes, technology and responsibilities through which an organisation carries out its strategy.

In Turkish: işleyiş modeli

How it is used

Use to describe how work is organised and delivered; a business model instead explains how value is created and captured.

Example sentences

  1. The new operating model assigns customer support locally but keeps platform development central.

    The model connects delivery responsibilities with the way the business operates.

  2. Changing the org chart alone did not resolve the weaknesses in our operating model.

    Processes and systems matter alongside reporting relationships.

Common collocations

  • design an operating model
  • target operating model
  • strategyA long-term plan that sets out where an organisation wants to go and the main choices it will make to get there, such as which markets to enter and what to stop doing.
  • org chartA diagram that shows how an organisation is structured, with boxes for roles or people and lines showing who reports to whom.

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