management hierarchy
Chain of command
Management hierarchy is the arrangement of authority levels within an organization, typically visualized as a pyramid with executives at the top and entry-level employees at the base.
Each level supervises those below it: She worked her way up the management hierarchy over fifteen years.
The term often carries connotations of bureaucracy or rigid structure: The proposal got lost somewhere in the management hierarchy.
- span of controlSubordinates per manager
- chain of commandFormal authority hierarchy
- reporting structureWho answers to whom
- CEOTop corporate officer
- corner officePremium workplace for leadership
ivory tower · delegation · direct reports · organizational chart · team leader · department head · executive director · authority · supervisor · accountability · performance review · pecking order · vice president · strategic planning · org chart · coordinator · administrator · junior staff
management hierarchycollective
Jointly organized group
adhocracy · commune · peer network · grassroots organization
management hierarchyself-governance
Independent management of affairs
anarchy · autonomy · self-organization · shared leadership · leaderlessness
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