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Org chart

Meaning in management & leadership, with examples

/ˈɔːrɡ tʃɑːrt/nounCore term

In management & leadership, org chart means: A diagram that shows how an organisation is structured, with boxes for roles or people and lines showing who reports to whom.

In Turkish: organizasyon şeması, teşkilat şeması

How it is used

Short for organizational chart (British: organisational chart). New employees often study the org chart to understand the company. People talk about where someone sits on the org chart, or about a flat or a tall org chart.

Example sentences

  1. According to the org chart, the design team reports to marketing, not product.

  2. HR will send out the updated org chart after the restructuring.

Common collocations

  • updated org chart
  • on the org chart
  • draw up an org chart
  • flat org chart
  • hierarchyA system in which the people in an organisation are arranged in levels, with each level having more authority than the one below it.
  • report toTo have a particular person as your manager, so that they direct your work, review your performance and are the person you answer to.
  • chain of commandThe official line of authority in an organisation, showing who gives instructions to whom and the order in which decisions and problems move up and down.
  • span of controlThe number of people who report directly to one manager. A wide span means many direct reports; a narrow span means only a few.
  • matrix structureAn organisational structure in which employees report to two managers at the same time, usually a functional manager and a project or product manager.

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