Chapter 7. Building Organization Charts

The most common use for an organization chart (or org chart) is to illustrate a corporation's structure (Figure 7.1). It identifies the names and titles of the key people in a company or division. You can also use org charts to create a simple flowchart, an outline of tasks in a project, a family tree, or even a diagram of your hard disk's directory structure.

This organization chart illustrates a corporation's structure.

Figure 7.1. This organization chart illustrates a corporation's structure.

Organization charts can include managers, subordinates, co-workers, or assistants (Figure 7.2). A manager is someone who has other people—subordinates—reporting to him/her. ...

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