Understand Business Groups, Jobs, Positions, and Grades in Oracle HCM.
Work Structures represent the skeleton of your enterprise in Oracle HRMS/HCM. Before you can hire a single employee, you must define the Business Group, Locations, Organizations, Jobs, Positions, and Grades. This forms the foundation for payroll, approvals, and security.
You must define the Job, Position, and Grade Key Flexfields before you can create any actual records for them.
The Geography tree (Countries, States, Cities) must exist so you can attach valid addresses to your Locations.
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Actor: HR Administrator | Module: Human Resources
A Location is a physical address where your employees work or where your organizations are based. Locations are shared across the entire Oracle E-Business Suite.
Example: Define a Location "NYC-HQ" at "123 Broadway, New York, NY".
Navigation Path:
Setup and Maintenance > Manage Locations
Key Actions:
Locations in Fusion are highly integrated with mapping services and tax geographies.
Actor: HR Administrator | Module: Human Resources
The Business Group is the highest-level organization in HRMS. It partitions human resources data. Usually, you have one Business Group per country to handle specific local legislations and payroll rules.
Example: Create an organization named "US_Operations". In the Organization Classifications, select "Business Group" and provide the Business Group Info (legislation code = US).
Navigation Path:
Setup and Maintenance > Manage Enterprise HCM Information / Manage Legislative Data Groups
Key Actions:
Fusion uses the "Enterprise" at the top level, followed by Legislative Data Groups (LDGs) for country-specific payroll partitions.
Actor: HR Administrator | Module: Human Resources
Under the Business Group, you define internal departments, divisions, or operating companies. These are the units that your employees will be assigned to.
Example: Create an Organization "Corporate IT". Classify it as an "HR Organization". Assign it to the "NYC-HQ" Location.
Navigation Path:
Setup and Maintenance > Manage Departments
Key Actions:
In Fusion, these are specifically created as "Departments" or "Divisions" within the HCM hierarchy.
Actor: HR Administrator | Module: Human Resources
A Job is a generic role within the company. It describes the duties and responsibilities, independent of who performs it or where it is located.
Example: Create a Job "Software Engineer".
Navigation Path:
Setup and Maintenance > Manage Jobs
Key Actions:
Define the Job, its benchmark details, and evaluation criteria.
Actor: HR Administrator | Module: Human Resources
A Position is a specific instance of a Job within a specific Organization. Positions allow for strict headcount control and budget management. "Position Control" is common in government/public sector.
Example: Create a Position "Lead Dev - Corp IT". It uses the Job "Software Engineer" and belongs strictly to the "Corporate IT" Organization. Headcount = 1.
Navigation Path:
Setup and Maintenance > Manage Positions
Key Actions:
Positions inherit the attributes of the Job they are attached to.
Actor: HR Administrator | Module: Human Resources
Grades represent relative status or rank for compensation purposes. Grade Rates define the monetary values (Min, Mid, Max salary) associated with those grades.
Example: Create Grade "Grade-A". Create a Grade Rate attaching "Grade-A" to a salary range of $80,000 to $120,000.
Navigation Path:
Setup and Maintenance > Manage Grades / Manage Grade Rates
Key Actions:
Grades are often linked directly to Jobs or Positions to enforce compensation limits during hiring.
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