Specific Uses
The name "Organizational Unit" appears to represent a single organization with multiple units (departments) within that organization. However, OUs do not always follow this model. They might represent geographical regions, job-functions, associations with other (external) groups, or the technology used in relation to the objects.
Examples would include:
- Department (e.g. Human Resources) within a corporation
- Division (e.g. LifeScan, Inc.) that is owned by but separate from a parent corporation (Johnson & Johnson), although this would commonly be placed in a separate domain
- Association (e.g. Contractors) that is external to the organization.
- To identify geographically distinct regions (e.g. Kansas City) the X.521 standard recommends a "Locality" entry instead.
- Job types or functions (e.g. Managers, Storage Servers) that runs across all divisions of a company should be represented by an "Organizational Role" entry.
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