leadership structure
Who reports where
Leadership structure is the arrangement of authority and decision-making within an organization—who reports to whom, who holds power, and how responsibilities are distributed.
A hierarchical leadership structure has clear chains of command; a flat leadership structure minimizes levels between executives and workers.
The term appears in discussions of organizational design, corporate governance, and team dynamics.
- chain of commandFormal authority hierarchy
- reporting lineSupervisory relationship path
- orderMethodical arrangement or request
- ruleGoverning principle or standard
- bureaucracyRigid administrative system
rank · collective responsibility · decentralized · governance · consensus-building · delegation · horizontal · tribal councils · power dynamics · executive officer · board of directors · centralized authority · corner office · ivory tower · strategic planning · org chart · stratification · organizational hierarchy
leadership structuregrassroots organization
Locally-led citizen group
self-organization · worker cooperative · self-management · shared leadership · adhocracy
leadership structureanarchy
Disorder from absent authority
disorganization · structurelessness · chaos · leaderlessness · power vacuum