administrative structure
How authority flows
Administrative structure is the formal arrangement of roles, hierarchies, and reporting relationships within an organization.
It defines who reports to whom, how decisions flow, and how responsibilities are divided: The company reorganized its administrative structure after the merger.
The term appears in discussions of bureaucracy, governance, and organizational efficiency.
- top brassSenior leadership collectively
- departmentsSubdivisions of an organization
- operational proceduresEstablished methods for tasks
- workflow managementDirecting task progression systematically
- hierarchyRanked authority structure
middle management · chain of command · divisions · offices · committees · resource allocation · feedback loops · delegation · councils · communication channels · executive board · corner office · supervisory roles · org chart · organizational chart · rank-and-file · span of control · decision-making processes
administrative structurechaos
Complete disorder and confusion
anarchy · disorganization · disorder · disarray · dysfunction
administrative structureself-organization
Spontaneous internal structure emergence
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