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{{def|Target operating model|/ˈtɑːɡɪt ˈɒpəreɪtŋ ˈmɒd(ə)l/|n|}}(''Also a “'''[[TOM]]'''”'') A “blueprint of a firm’s business vision that [[align]]s operating capacities and strategic objectives and provides an overview of the core business capabilities, internal factors, and external drivers, strategic and operational levers, organizational and functional structure, technology, and information resources of a company. In today’s digital and cognitive world, it has become a strategic imperative to redefine what’s next and then realize the target state with a sound target operating model”.<ref>https://www.capstera.com/ — “Business Architecture and Capability Mapping Made Easy”</ref> | {{def|Target operating model|/ˈtɑːɡɪt ˈɒpəreɪtŋ ˈmɒd(ə)l/|n|}}<br>(''Also a “'''[[TOM]]'''”'')<br> | ||
A “blueprint of a firm’s business vision that [[align]]s operating capacities and strategic objectives and provides an overview of the core business capabilities, internal factors, and external drivers, strategic and operational levers, organizational and functional structure, technology, and information resources of a company. In today’s digital and cognitive world, it has become a strategic imperative to redefine what’s next and then realize the target state with a sound target operating model”.<ref>https://www.capstera.com/ — “Business Architecture and Capability Mapping Made Easy”. Hopefully you will have picked up that it is “''strategic''”. They only said it three times.</ref> | |||
If you were still reading after “aligns” you are of stouter stuff than me. But you will see this is how the [[Middle management|management layer]] like to see things from their rarefied position: everything running smoothly, like some German-engineered V-8 engine thundering down the autobahn towards Karslbad. “Desired”, “wished-for”, ''in a perfect world''. | If you were still reading after “aligns” you are of stouter stuff than me. But you will see this is how the [[Middle management|management layer]] like to see things from their rarefied position: everything running smoothly, like some German-engineered V-8 engine thundering down the autobahn towards Karslbad. “Desired”, “wished-for”, ''in a perfect world''. | ||
===Desired by ''whom''?=== | ===Desired by ''whom''?=== | ||
[[Subject matter expert]]s don’t usually have the ''time'' to contemplate the eternal verities, much less the inclination. | [[Subject matter expert]]s don’t usually have the ''time'' to contemplate the eternal verities, much less the inclination to. If they even have a desired state — beyond “being on the train home” — it would be a workplace absent any [[middle managers]] banging on about target operating models. | ||
Thus, a target operating model is only the aspiration of {{sex|she}} whose role in the organisation is to wish for perfect things: [[middle manager]]s. Therefore, a TOM trucks in terms of unicorns, rainbows, and popular delusions of the management mob. There is no space in it for human foible, unexpected contingency, nuance, shade of meaning or obstinacy. A target operating model will look awesome on a [[Powerpoint]] [[deck]]. It will swoon the [[steerco]]. But it will bear no resemblance to anything the organisation actually ''does''. | Thus, a target operating model is only the aspiration of {{sex|she}} whose role in the organisation is to wish for perfect things: [[middle manager]]s. Therefore, a TOM trucks in terms of unicorns, rainbows, and popular delusions of the management mob. There is no space in it for human foible, unexpected contingency, nuance, shade of meaning or obstinacy. A target operating model will look awesome on a [[Powerpoint]] [[deck]]. It will swoon the [[steerco]]. But it will bear no resemblance to anything the organisation actually ''does''. | ||