Functional roles

A functional role describes a set of skills and activities that are typically performed by a department within an organization, for example, a manager, director, or vice president. Functional roles are defined by the organizational structure of a company. Resources are assigned to these roles within that department.

You specify the range of functional roles in the classification hierarchy for roles. After you create functional roles in the classification hierarchy, you can assign a functional role to a resource. Functional roles are also related to spaces.

During a move, the allocation of a space is based on functional role assignments and the entitlements that are associated with the functional role. The entitlement that is associated with the functional role determines the type and size of space that a person can move to.

Figure 1. Functional role assignment and functional role entitlement