What does an organization chart show?

      

What does an organization chart show?

  

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Kavungya
- The hierarchical structure that is typical of most organizations;
- The number of management levels;
- Scope of authority and status of the individuals as indicated by the location of their positions in relation to other positions;
- How an organizations activities are grouped in terms of departments (whether by function, by product, by territory and so on);
- The work being done in each position (indicated by the labels in the boxes);
- Interaction of people as indicated by the horizontal and vertical lines connecting various positions/departments;
- Relations between superiors and subordinates - who report to whom that is, the chain of command;
- How may subordinates report directly to each manager, that is the span of control;
- Career progression - routes to the higher levels; and
- Formal channels of communication (indicated by the connecting lines)
Kavungya answered the question on March 26, 2019 at 12:08


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