diff --git a/src/app/deposit/components/form/form.component.ts b/src/app/deposit/components/form/form.component.ts
index 2ad2a0232b3ff5991ab641d7b76b36cd1250ad28..c5981d5ea05fd3d598b3f0308f6563e2201dd717 100644
--- a/src/app/deposit/components/form/form.component.ts
+++ b/src/app/deposit/components/form/form.component.ts
@@ -20,7 +20,6 @@ import AccessModelEnum = DepositsModel.AccessModelEnum;
   changeDetection: ChangeDetectionStrategy.OnPush,
 })
 export class FormComponent extends AbstractFormComponent<DepositsModel> {
-
   formDefinition: FormComponentFormDefinition = new FormComponentFormDefinition();
 
   get accessModelEnum(): typeof AccessModelEnum {
diff --git a/src/app/organizational-unit/components/form/form.component.html b/src/app/organizational-unit/components/form/form.component.html
index b7557444f1a41dd35f6d82355a7a1871a9148408..4802dfb642ecc71a2d51f373b0266cf9eb2fc7fe 100644
--- a/src/app/organizational-unit/components/form/form.component.html
+++ b/src/app/organizational-unit/components/form/form.component.html
@@ -1,16 +1,16 @@
 <form [formGroup]="form" (ngSubmit)="onSubmit()">
   <mat-form-field>
     <mat-label>{{'organizationalUnit.name' | translate }}</mat-label>
-    <input [formControlName]="name"
+    <input [formControlName]="formDefinition.name"
            matInput
            placeholder="{{'organizationalUnit.name' | translate }}"
-           [required]="isRequired(name)"
+           [required]="isRequired(formDefinition.name)"
     >
-    <mat-error *ngIf="getFormControl(name).invalid">{{'required' | translate}}</mat-error>
+    <mat-error *ngIf="getFormControl(formDefinition.name).invalid">{{'required' | translate}}</mat-error>
   </mat-form-field>
 
   <dlcm-searchable-multi-select [list]="listSubmissionPolicies"
-                                [formControl]="form.get(submissionPolicies)"
+                                [formControl]="form.get(formDefinition.submissionPolicies)"
                                 [labelKey]="'name'"
                                 [valueKey]="'resId'"
                                 [placeholder]="'organizationalUnit.submissionPolicy' | translate"
@@ -18,30 +18,30 @@
   </dlcm-searchable-multi-select>
 
   <mat-form-field>
-    <input [formControlName]="description"
+    <input [formControlName]="formDefinition.description"
            matInput
            placeholder="{{'organizationalUnit.description' | translate }}"
-           [required]="isRequired(description)"
+           [required]="isRequired(formDefinition.description)"
     >
-    <mat-error *ngIf="getFormControl(description).invalid">{{'required' | translate}}</mat-error>
+    <mat-error *ngIf="getFormControl(formDefinition.description).invalid">{{'required' | translate}}</mat-error>
   </mat-form-field>
 
   <mat-form-field>
-    <input [formControlName]="openingDate" matInput [matDatepicker]="openingDateDatepicker"
+    <input [formControlName]="formDefinition.openingDate" matInput [matDatepicker]="openingDateDatepicker"
            placeholder="{{'organizationalUnit.openingDate' | translate }}">
     <mat-datepicker-toggle matSuffix [for]="openingDateDatepicker"></mat-datepicker-toggle>
     <mat-datepicker #openingDateDatepicker></mat-datepicker>
   </mat-form-field>
 
   <mat-form-field>
-    <input [formControlName]="closingDate" matInput [matDatepicker]="closingDateDatepicker"
+    <input [formControlName]="formDefinition.closingDate" matInput [matDatepicker]="closingDateDatepicker"
            placeholder="{{'organizationalUnit.closingDate' | translate }}">
     <mat-datepicker-toggle matSuffix [for]="closingDateDatepicker"></mat-datepicker-toggle>
     <mat-datepicker #closingDateDatepicker></mat-datepicker>
   </mat-form-field>
 
-  <mat-checkbox [formControlName]="isEmpty">{{'organizationalUnit.isEmpty' | translate }}</mat-checkbox>
-  <mat-checkbox [formControlName]="open">{{'organizationalUnit.open' | translate }}</mat-checkbox>
+  <mat-checkbox [formControlName]="formDefinition.isEmpty">{{'organizationalUnit.isEmpty' | translate }}</mat-checkbox>
+  <mat-checkbox [formControlName]="formDefinition.open">{{'organizationalUnit.open' | translate }}</mat-checkbox>
 
   <div class="submit-button">
     <button *ngIf="!readonly"
diff --git a/src/app/organizational-unit/components/form/form.component.ts b/src/app/organizational-unit/components/form/form.component.ts
index dac4a7e5f9f4415ec7b6d31d7429efdade97d78d..dd1f858731d8ae58b34812f71873660fb49d81fb 100644
--- a/src/app/organizational-unit/components/form/form.component.ts
+++ b/src/app/organizational-unit/components/form/form.component.ts
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ import {FormBuilder, Validators} from "@angular/forms";
 import {OrganizationalUnitsModel, PreservationPoliciesModel, SubmissionPoliciesModel} from "@app/generated-api";
 import {AbstractFormComponent} from "@app/shared/components/abstract-form/abstract-form.component";
 import {ModelAttributeEnum} from "@app/shared/enums/model-attribute.enum";
+import {BaseFormDefinition} from "@app/shared/models/base-form-definition.model";
 import {DateUtil} from "@app/shared/utils/date.util";
 import _ from "lodash";
 
@@ -13,6 +14,8 @@ import _ from "lodash";
   changeDetection: ChangeDetectionStrategy.OnPush,
 })
 export class FormComponent extends AbstractFormComponent<OrganizationalUnitsModel> implements OnChanges {
+  formDefinition: FormComponentFormDefinition = new FormComponentFormDefinition();
+
   @Input()
   selectedSubmissionPolicies: SubmissionPoliciesModel[];
 
@@ -22,14 +25,6 @@ export class FormComponent extends AbstractFormComponent<OrganizationalUnitsMode
   @Input()
   listPreservationPolicies: PreservationPoliciesModel[];
 
-  name: string = "name";
-  description: string = "description";
-  isEmpty: string = "isEmpty";
-  closingDate: string = "closingDate";
-  openingDate: string = "openingDate";
-  submissionPolicies: string = ModelAttributeEnum.submissionPolicies;
-  open: string = "open";
-
   constructor(private fb: FormBuilder) {
     super();
   }
@@ -41,31 +36,31 @@ export class FormComponent extends AbstractFormComponent<OrganizationalUnitsMode
 
     if (changes.selectedSubmissionPolicies && changes.selectedSubmissionPolicies.currentValue.length !== 0) {
       const newValue = _.map(changes.selectedSubmissionPolicies.currentValue, ModelAttributeEnum.resId);
-      this.form.get(this.submissionPolicies).setValue(newValue);
+      this.form.get(this.formDefinition.submissionPolicies).setValue(newValue);
     }
   }
 
   protected initNewForm(): void {
     this.form = this.fb.group({
-      name: ["", Validators.required],
-      description: ["", Validators.required],
-      openingDate: [""],
-      closingDate: [""],
-      isEmpty: [false],
-      open: [false],
-      submissionPolicies: [],
+      [this.formDefinition.name]: ["", Validators.required],
+      [this.formDefinition.description]: ["", Validators.required],
+      [this.formDefinition.openingDate]: [""],
+      [this.formDefinition.closingDate]: [""],
+      [this.formDefinition.isEmpty]: [false],
+      [this.formDefinition.open]: [false],
+      [this.formDefinition.submissionPolicies]: [],
     });
   }
 
   protected bindFormTo(organizationalUnit: OrganizationalUnitsModel): void {
     this.form = this.fb.group({
-      name: [organizationalUnit.name, Validators.required],
-      description: [organizationalUnit.description, Validators.required],
-      openingDate: [organizationalUnit.openingDate],
-      closingDate: [organizationalUnit.closingDate],
-      isEmpty: [organizationalUnit.isEmpty],
-      open: [organizationalUnit.open],
-      submissionPolicies: [_.map(this.selectedSubmissionPolicies, ModelAttributeEnum.resId)],
+      [this.formDefinition.name]: [organizationalUnit.name, Validators.required],
+      [this.formDefinition.description]: [organizationalUnit.description, Validators.required],
+      [this.formDefinition.openingDate]: [organizationalUnit.openingDate],
+      [this.formDefinition.closingDate]: [organizationalUnit.closingDate],
+      [this.formDefinition.isEmpty]: [organizationalUnit.isEmpty],
+      [this.formDefinition.open]: [organizationalUnit.open],
+      [this.formDefinition.submissionPolicies]: [_.map(this.selectedSubmissionPolicies, ModelAttributeEnum.resId)],
     });
   }
 
@@ -75,3 +70,13 @@ export class FormComponent extends AbstractFormComponent<OrganizationalUnitsMode
     return organizationalUnit;
   }
 }
+
+class FormComponentFormDefinition extends BaseFormDefinition {
+  name: string = "name";
+  description: string = "description";
+  isEmpty: string = "isEmpty";
+  closingDate: string = "closingDate";
+  openingDate: string = "openingDate";
+  submissionPolicies: string = ModelAttributeEnum.submissionPolicies;
+  open: string = "open";
+}