workplace hierarchy
Corporate chain of command
Workplace hierarchy is the system of ranked positions within an organization, from entry-level employees up through management to executives.
It determines who reports to whom, who has authority over decisions, and how information flows.
She's been climbing the workplace hierarchy for fifteen years.
Flatter hierarchies have fewer levels between top and bottom; steeper ones have many.
- statusOne's relative position
- top brassSenior leadership collectively
- executiveSenior organizational leader
- corner officePremium workplace for leadership
- delegationTransferring responsibility downward
authority · manager · supervisor · team lead · subordination · rank and file · escalation · chain of command · reporting structure · employee · director · pecking order · power dynamics · accountability · annual review · leadership · collaboration · influence
- generationsbaby boomers, millennials, Gen Z, Gen X, baby boomer
- senioritytenure, rank, time served, veteran status, experience
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