Family tree

That Family tree (Organization chart, organization chart, staff appointments plan) a diagram is that Leading organization. Organizational units as well as their task distribution and communication relations become evident.

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Usual one Representational forms in practice are the horizontal and the vertical family tree as well as combinations from both. For visualization symbols are used. Information over the following organizational circumstances are contained in a family tree:

• Distribution of operational tasks on places and departments
• hierarchical structure of the leading organization and the instruction relations
• Classification of line auxiliary places
• Personnel occupation (, , Departments)

Important rules of an organization become visible for all, its Interior effect may not therefore be underestimated, it is the map of everyone . The formal production of family trees is usually internally fixed.

With the production of a family tree is the degree of detail of importance. It should be examined whether each coworker of the enterprise is to be illustrated or whether individual groups of coworkers are sufficient. If it concerns approximately a reorganization, everyone must Place are considered. In a modern family tree that should Customer explicitly to be integrated. With arrows one can do going beyond it Communication and information stream illustrate.

Diagram

Concerning that diagram there is no generally valid regulation, however in practice the following was established:

Symbols family tree

The moreover there are the following Possibilities of the representation:

• In one Square stands only one person, who has the respective place.
• Squares the one connection downward have, contain the role of the superior; z.B. level 1 of the level 2 is set forward, etc..
• Cross section functions are as supporting or technically determining places usually as headquarter beside the management in form one Circle represented. In the representation the support is additional by one broken line indicated.
• The organization can also in the form of circles and Ellipses are illustrated. The circles symbolize more openness, flexibility, communication. Arrows can show, like important run off, into which directions information are passed on etc..

The degree of automation in enterprises for the production of "reported at family trees" is not particularly highly although the illustration datalaterally very simply over places (SAP = permanent posts) and place owners to be accomplished can. The representation of the over and Unterodrnungen takes place over clear allocations of the permanent posts to other permanent posts or an even more highly on organizational level (z.B. A group always reports to a department).

Example for a family tree:

Example: Family tree

Pro and cons

Literature

• Manfred training to living: Organization. Vahlen: Munich 2002,ISBN 3800628252, S.495-498

• Jean Jean-Paul Thommen: Management economics, volume 3, ISBN 3908143039, S.140-142

• Jean Jean-Paul Thommen: General management economics, 4. Edition, Gabler publishing house, Wiesbaden 2003, S. 759 f.

Web on the left of

• Example of a family tree, UN
• Example of a family tree, Bavarian 04 Leverkusen
• Example of a family tree, WDR