The business design construct is a template to guide the inquiry to understand and design the business organization. This construct's structure reflects the aspects of a social system and the elements that make up a business organization. The business design construct and the business model are based on the same template. The term 'business model' refers to the use of the construct to define a particular business organization - defining its elements and their interrelationships.

See business model for a comprehensive explanation of the design construct, or model.