hierarchies
Layers of authority
Hierarchies is the plural of hierarchy, a system in which people or things are ranked according to status, authority, or importance.
Organizations have hierarchies: She rose quickly through the corporate hierarchies.
The word applies to any layered structure: taxonomic hierarchies in biology, the hierarchies of needs in psychology.
Hierarchies can be formal or informal, rigid or fluid.
Heights or ranked stages
- tiersHorizontal arranged levels
- layersStacked levels or coatings
- echelonsLevels within a hierarchy
- gradationIncremental transition between stages
nested · top-down · pyramidal · ranking · ordering · precedence · strata · arrangement
Inherited social division
- classGrouping by shared traits
- statusOne's relative position
- inequalityUnequal distribution of resources
- privilegeExclusive right or benefit
socioeconomic · nobility · bourgeoisie · oligarchy · patriarchy · matriarchy · feudalism · aristocracy
Science of categorical arrangement
- categorizationArranging into groups
- typologyClassification by shared traits
- nomenclatureSystem of specialized terms
- genusTaxonomic rank above species
species · family · order · class · phylum · kingdom · domain · cladistics
First Greek letter
- betaGreek alphabet's second letter
- dominantHaving superior influence
- subordinateOne lower in rank
- pecking orderSocial dominance arrangement
pack leader · submission · territory · aggression · rank · social standing · competition · display
Organizational rank structure
- managementOrganizing and directing resources
- chain of commandFormal authority hierarchy
- org chartBusiness structure visualization
- executiveSenior organizational leader
middle management · supervisor · subordinate · reporting structure · top-down · bottom-up · bureaucracy · delegation
levels
Heights or ranked stages
gradation · nested · top-down · pyramidal · ranking · ordering · precedence · strata · arrangement · branching
caste
Inherited social division
- classGrouping by shared traits
- statusOne's relative position
- inequalityUnequal distribution of resources
privilege · socioeconomic · nobility · bourgeoisie · oligarchy · patriarchy · matriarchy · feudalism · aristocracy · meritocracy
taxonomy
Science of categorical arrangement
- categorizationArranging into groups
- typologyClassification by shared traits
- nomenclatureSystem of specialized terms
genus · species · family · order · class · phylum · kingdom · domain · cladistics · phylogenetics
alpha
First Greek letter
- betaGreek alphabet's second letter
- dominantHaving superior influence
- subordinateOne lower in rank
pecking order · pack leader · submission · territory · aggression · rank · social standing · competition · display · challenger
corporate ladder
Organizational rank structure
- managementOrganizing and directing resources
- chain of commandFormal authority hierarchy
- org chartBusiness structure visualization
executive · middle management · supervisor · subordinate · reporting structure · top-down · bottom-up · bureaucracy · delegation · seniority
- group sociologysocial groups, groups, teams, clubs, networks
- bureaucracy in filmred tape, paperwork, civil servants, government officials, agencies
- data organizationorganizing, cataloging, categorizing, sorting, grouping
- media organizationcataloging, tagging, indexing, labels, albums
- mind mapsmind maps, branches, nodes, subtopics, main idea
- social structuresinstitutions, social norms, social roles, social networks, organizations
hierarchiesnetworks
Interconnected groups or channels
peer networks · meshes · webs · cooperatives · collectives
hierarchiesegalitarianism
Philosophy of universal equality
democracy · equality · anarchy · anarchism · shared leadership
hierarchiesequality
Same status for all
classlessness · level playing fields · parity · peer relationships
- hierarchical systemStructure with ranked levels
- social hierarchiesStratified group power structures
- racial hierarchiesTiered systems by ancestry
- hierarchical orderGraded structure of rank
- hierarchical societyLayered social ranking structure
- hierarchical structureLayered ranks of authority