The organizational chart represents the lines of authority and communication in the organization and defines the responsibility of each one. Who reports to who and who is responsible or direct reports of another
The types are: flat, hierarchical and matrix Organizational Chart
This conforms to the principle of Management of Henry Fayol, unity of command.
The uses of organizational chart.
Its main use is defining the lines of communication. Here are the main uses.
- Organizational and supervisory communication, such as helping employees know who reports to whom, or helping people get to know each other across the organization. Adding employee photos can help a lot, allow people to connect faces and names.
- Restructuring, such as switching roles in a team to better utilize everyone's talents.
- Workforce planning, such as figuring out the details of a new hiring initiative.
- Resource planning, such as reducing inefficiencies by rearranging roles.
- Genealogy, because a family tree is really just a type of Org Chart. You can include photos, dates of birth and death and links to other information about each person.
