An ontology-based analysis and semantics for organizational structure modeling in the ARIS method

This paper focuses on the issue of ontological analysis for organizational structure modeling in the ARIS method with the following contributions: (i) an interpretation of the language in terms of realworld entities in the UFO foundational ontology; (ii) the identification of inappropriate elements of the language, using a systematic ontology-based analysis approach; and (iii) recommendations for improvements of the language to resolve the issues identified. Highlights: (i) We analyze organizational structure modeling in ARIS using a foundational ontology; (ii) We uncover ontological problems in the modeling of organizational structure in ARIS; (iii) We propose a semantics for organizational structure modeling as well as recommendations to address the issues identified.