organization chart

noun

1. a diagrammatic representation showing how departments or divisions in an organization, as a large corporation, are related to one another along lines of authority.

organization chart

noun

1. a diagram representing the management structure of a company, showing the responsibilities of each department, the relationships of the departments to each other, and the hierarchy of management

Word History and Origins

Origin of organization chart¹

First recorded in 1940–45

Example Sentences

Retention is also critical, particularly when it comes to improving representation further up the organization chart.

From Digiday

There are airbeds for sleeping, and bags of food neatly piled in the corner of a room where an organization chart hangs on a wall.

From The Daily Beast

It isn't quite an organization chart, it is the chart of the different projects that he planned to have in Haiti.

From Project Gutenberg

The next document consists of—it looks like an organization chart?

From Project Gutenberg