What Does An Organisational Structure Chart Look Like?

An organisational structure chart is basically a chart which depicts the structure of a given organisation in terms of rank. This chart usually displays the managers and sub-workers who comprise an organisation. An organisational structure chart also depicts the different relationships between its staff. Relationships could be depicted as Linear, Lateral, Staff relationships or Functional relationships. In many larger organisations there are so many employees that these charts tend to get too big and complex.

Thus they are usually broken down into more manageable charts for individual departments in the company. There are mainly 3 forms of organisational charts: Hierarchical, Matrix, and Flat. The chief drawbacks are that it only depicts 'formal relationships'; it does not show the managerial style adopted; and it can fast become out of date. Today there are a number of software packages available solely for the purpose of creating organisational structure charts.