Abstract: A system and method is described for using a component business model to partition a business into non-overlapping components, and then allocating different components to appropriate organizing strategies, based on attribute values assigned to each component. In the best mode of implementation there are two attributes: whether or not the component differentiates the business within the market place; and whether the component is industry standard or is tailored by the organization. These attributes and their values map the components of the business to a matrix. Based on the combination of attribute values in each cell of the matrix, available organizing strategies are also mapped to the matrix, thereby identifying for each component an appropriate organizing strategy.

Abstract: A method of combining businesses by creating a target component map based on the business strategy of the resulting company, and using that target map to generate a component map for each constituent company in the combination. The constituent component map describes the current state of each component instantiated in the constituent company. Where there is no overlap between constituent companies with respect to components in the target map, those component instantiations are carried over to the resulting company. Where there is overlap, a comparative analysis is done and a ‘best fit’ component is recommended for inclusion in the resulting company. A transformation plan is developed to build the resulting company from those component instances selected for inclusion, in accordance with the target component map. Where the business strategy for building the resulting company includes a divestiture, the transformation plan provides alignment of the components to be divested in order to optimize the divestiture.