First of all, to understand the different types of organization charts that exist, first we are going to expand what they are and what they can be used for in a company, organization or entity of any type; Whatever the company, if there are different chains or levels of command, they need to know how to use and implement organizational charts, regardless of whether they are engaged in politics, commerce, faith, or whatever be; If you include several people, it is best to use flow charts to keep everything clear.
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What are organization charts?
In short and basic accounts, an organization chart is a graphic representation of the company and its structure, these representations show the entire company and its organization in schematic form, that is, they show both the position they occupy, the areas that make up the company, their hierarchy levels, their authority levels and their advisory levels also.
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As you can see, since an organization chart represents so many things about an entity, it is one of the best ideas that can be had in the administration, use them to exemplify with Accuracy of the charges to the new elements of the company, the responsibilities that correspond to each one and the specific lines that should be used in case of need help.
Now, within the existing organization charts, there is a really broad classification, we will only see the main ones now, so that you can make use of those that you consider best for your company in general and for each department of being necessary.
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Types of organization chart in the company
Organization charts according to their scope
The first that we can find in this classification are the general organization charts, which as its name says, although the company is really large, such as government organizations for example, does not show in its structure absolutely everything that is in it, but only up to a certain level of hierarchy. In general, one of the things that makes them recognize at first glance is that their lowest level is that of Department, never reaching offices.
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On the other hand, we also have the organization charts specific, which consist of showing the interior of a specific area of the company and not of the entire company as such; Depending on the business area of the company and the activities carried out, generally within a specific department there may be managers, heads and supervisions of the same, therefore, because they are so broad, they need to be expressed in this shape.
Organization charts according to their content
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The first and most explicit of all are the comprehensive organization charts, that just as its name says, they explain absolutely each and every one of the company's managers, from the largest to the smallest, including each department, all in a single organization chart. It is equivalent to the aforementioned general organization chart, but in larger dimensions, since it fully explains the entire organizational structure of the company.
On the other hand, quite different from those we have studied so far, we have the functional organization charts, which are generally used in the process of staff trainingThey are basically general organization charts, but they include in each of the boxes, brief explanations of each of the functions of the various departments; Another thing that differentiates them from the general ones is that they are even less comprehensive at hierarchical levels, showing almost only the company's addresses and their immediate derivatives.
Finally we have the organization charts of positions and positions and units, which show each unit of the company broken down in the organization chart that seeks to show almost all of them; what makes it special is that shows the number of workers needed for each area and of course, the number that currently exists.
Depending on the area of your company, you can use the one that suits you best.
