- Institution
- An organized arrangement of people, roles, rules and resources established to pursue a continuing purpose. Usage varies by field and jurisdiction.
- Organization
- A group of people coordinating work and resources toward shared objectives; in this centre, the term is distinct from the wider rules and norms that may shape an institution.
- Organizational system
- The connected roles, decisions, processes, resources, information and relationships through which an organization operates.
- Institutionalization
- Establishing and maintaining legitimate arrangements, responsibilities and routines so they can be understood, applied, reviewed and adapted.
- Governance
- The arrangements through which direction is set, authority is exercised, decisions are made and accountability is maintained.
- Institutional capability
- The repeatable ability to combine people, knowledge, processes, resources and technology to perform a function or achieve an outcome.
- Operating model
- A description of how an organization arranges roles, decisions, processes, capabilities and systems to deliver its value proposition.
- Enterprise architecture
- A structured description of an enterprise’s components and relationships used to connect direction, capabilities, operations, information and technology. Methods and scope vary.
- Institutional design
- The deliberate shaping of institutional arrangements—purpose, governance, roles, processes and capabilities—to support intended work and outcomes.
- Enterprise intelligence
- A Mizan term for an institution’s connected capacity to organize knowledge, resources and decisions. It is not a standardized technical category or a measured claim by itself.
- Artificial intelligence (AI)
- Computational methods that perform tasks such as prediction, classification, content generation or recommendation. Capabilities and limitations depend on the system and context.
