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Management & Leadership vocabulary · Organisational Structure

Report to

Meaning in management & leadership, with examples

phrasal verbCore term

In management & leadership, report to means: To have a particular person as your manager, so that they direct your work, review your performance and are the person you answer to.

In Turkish: -e bağlı olmak, -e raporlamak

How it is used

Used constantly to describe structure: 'I report to the CFO.' 'Who does she report to?' You also hear 'report directly to' and, in British English, 'report into'. The people who report to you are your direct reports.

Example sentences

  1. In the new structure, the regional managers will report to the COO.

  2. I report directly to the head of finance, but I work closely with sales.

Common collocations

  • report directly to
  • report to the CEO
  • who do you report to
  • report into
  • direct reportAn employee whose immediate manager is a particular person, with no other manager in between; the people a manager is directly responsible for.
  • line managerThe person directly above you who manages your daily work, approves your leave and reviews your performance.
  • org chartA diagram that shows how an organisation is structured, with boxes for roles or people and lines showing who reports to whom.
  • 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.
  • hierarchyA system in which the people in an organisation are arranged in levels, with each level having more authority than the one below it.

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