Target operating model
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Target operating model (tiresomely known as the TOM) is the desired state of the operating model of an organisation.
Desired by middle management, that is. Therefore a TOM trucks in terms of unicorns, rainbows, and popular delusions of the management mob. There is no space in a target operating model for human foible, unexpected contingency, nuance, shade of meaning or obstinacy.