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Practical guides on designing, documenting and improving your organisation's structure.
Flat vs Hierarchical Org Charts: Which Structure Fits Your Company?
The pros, cons and real differences between flat and hierarchical organisational structures, and how to pick the right organogram for your company.
Agile Team Structures: Squads, Tribes and How to Chart Them
A practical guide to agile team structures — squads, tribes, chapters, guilds and product teams — and how to show them clearly on an org chart.
How to Document an Org Chart: A Step-by-Step Guide for HR
A step-by-step method for gathering, checking, drawing and maintaining an accurate organisational chart, with a checklist HR teams can reuse.
Span of Control: How Many Direct Reports Should a Manager Have?
What span of control means, the factors that change the right number of direct reports, and how to spot overloaded managers on your org chart.
Matrix Organisation Structure: How It Works and How to Chart It
How a matrix organisation works, its advantages and pitfalls, and practical ways to show dual reporting lines clearly on an org chart.
Functional vs Divisional Structure: How to Choose and Chart Each
A practical comparison of functional and divisional organisational structures, with the trade-offs, warning signs and how to draw each one as an organogram.
Planning an Organisational Restructure: A Step-by-Step Guide
How to plan, design and communicate an organisational restructure, from defining the problem to publishing the new org chart, with common mistakes to avoid.
Succession Planning with Org Charts: Protecting Key Roles
How to use an organisational chart to identify critical roles, spot succession risks and build a practical succession plan for your leadership and specialist positions.