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Business Definition for: Organization Chart

  • a graphic illustration of an organization's structure, showing hierarchical authority and relationships between departments and jobs. The horizontal dimension of an organization chart shows the nature of job function and responsibility and the vertical dimension shows how jobs are coordinated in reporting or authority relationships. Some charts include managers' names, others only job titles. Organization charts are widely used to bring order and clarity to the way the organization is structured. Despite this, they reflect little of the way organizations actually work and can appear complex, especially in highly bureaucratic organizations. The first recorded organization chart was produced in the United States by David C. McCallum for the New York and Erie Railroad.
  • Also known as Org Chart

Additional Resources

Creating An Organization Chart In Office 2003
An organization chart graphically represents the management structure of an organization. There are several ways to create an organization chart in Microsoft Office 2003, depending on which Office 2003 program you want to use. Microsoft Office Visio 2003 has the most extensive collection of organization chart features, including a variety...
Tags: Microsoft Office Visio 2003, Microsoft Office, Office Suites, Software, Organization, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Office 2003
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An Honest Org Chart
In this tongue-in-cheek demonstration, Dr. E.L. Kersten of Despair, Inc. explains how a traditional organization chart is deceptive and why a salary-sensitive chart makes more sense.
Tags: Dr., Demonstration, Human Resources, Org Chart
Videos 2006-05-09
Update A Chart By Changing, Adding, Or Removing Data
After you create a chart, you may make changes to the source data on the worksheet that you will want to appear in the chart. Or you may want to make data changes directly in the chart. Microsoft Excel provides various ways to incorporate changes in a chart. Whether your...
Tags: Chart, Microsoft Excel, Microsoft Office, Office Suites, Software
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Creating A Bubble Chart
A Bubble chart is a variation of a Scatter chart in which the data points are replaced with bubbles. A Bubble chart can be used instead of a Scatter chart if your data has three data series. Each data series in a chart has a unique color or pattern and...
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Use Titles On A Chart
To make a chart easier to understand, you can add titles, such as a chart title and axis titles, to any type of chart. Axis titles are typically available for all axes that can be displayed in a chart. You can also link chart and axis titles to corresponding text...
Tags: Title
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Video: An honest org chart
Dr. E.L. Kersten of Despair, Inc. explains how a traditional organization chart is deceptive and why a salary-sensitive chart makes more sense. Host: Dr. E.L. Kersten, Co-Founder, COO, Despair Inc. Length: 00:05:03 by BNET staff
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Blog posts 2006-07-13
Update The Data In An Existing Chart
After you create a chart, you may need to make changes to its source data on the worksheet. To incorporate these changes in the chart, Microsoft Office Excel provides various ways to update a chart. You can instantly update a chart with changed values. You can also update a chart...
Tags: Chart, Microsoft Office, Office Suites, Software
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Present Your Data In A Pie Chart
Using Microsoft Office Excel 2007, you can quickly turn your data into a pie chart, and then give that pie chart a spiffy, professional look. After you create a pie chart, you can rotate the slices for different perspectives. You can also focus on specific slices by pulling them out...
Tags: Slice, Microsoft Office, Office Suites, Software, Microsoft Corp.
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Creating A Stock Chart
As its name implies, a Stock chart is most often used to illustrate the fluctuation of stock prices. However, this chart may also be used for scientific data. For example, you could use a Stock chart to indicate the fluctuation of daily or annual temperatures. The way Stock chart data...
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Organization Chart
This is a template for organization chart.
Tags: Organization, Microsoft Corp.
Tools & templates 2007-01-01
Present Your Data In A Column Chart
Using Microsoft Office Excel 2007, you can create a column chart and give it a brand new, appealing look. As one of the most common chart types, a column chart is useful to compare data points in one or more data series. After you create a column chart, you can...
Tags: Column, Microsoft Office, Office Suites, Software
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Select Chart Elements
You can quickly select chart elements on a chart by using the mouse. However, if you are not sure where a specific element is located in the chart, you can select it from a list of chart elements. You can also select chart elements by using the keyboard. This paper...
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Create A Gantt Chart In Excel
There are many ways to create a Gantt chart. For example, Microsoft Project, a task-planning program, makes it easy to track and chart project timelines with a built-in Gantt chart view. Another option is to use Excel. Excel does not contain a built-in Gantt chart format; however, you can create...
Tags: Microsoft Excel, Gantt, Chart, Microsoft Office, Office Suites, Software
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Overview Of Charting
In Microsoft Office Excel 2007, it is easy to create professional-looking charts. Choose a chart type, a chart layout, and a chart style, all of which are within easy reach on the Ribbon, a component of the new Microsoft Office Fluent user interface. You will have instant professional results every...
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Available Chart Types
Microsoft Office Excel 2007 supports numerous types of charts to help you display data in ways that are meaningful to your audience. When you want to create a chart or change an existing chart, you can choose from a wide range of chart subtypes available for each of the chart...
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Change The Display Of A 3-D Chart
To make a 3-D chart (such as a 3-D column, 3-D cylinder, 3-D cone, 3-D pyramid, 3-D line, or 3-D surface chart) easier to read, you can change the 3-D format, rotation, and scaling of the chart. If smaller data markers are hidden behind larger ones, you can reverse the...
Tags: 3D
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Creating A Surface Chart
A Surface chart shows a three dimensional surface that connects a set of data points. A Surface chart is useful when you want to find optimum combinations between two sets of data. Like a topographic map, the colors and patterns in a Surface chart indicate areas that contain the same...
Tags: Color, Microsoft Corp.
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Create A Chart
You can quickly create a chart in Microsoft Excel by using the Chart Wizard. In this wizard, you can choose from a variety of chart types and specify various chart options. Although worksheet (worksheet: The primary document that you use in Excel to store and work with data. Also called...
Tags: Microsoft Excel, Worksheet, Chart, Microsoft Office, Productivity, Office Suites, Software
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The 16th National Congress of the Communist Party of China Organization Chart
DUBLIN, Ireland -- Research and Markets (http://www.researchandmarkets.com/reports/c36238) has announced the addition of The 16th National Congress of the Communist Party of China Organization Chart to their offering.
Tags: U.S. Congress
Research articles 2006-04-27
Change The Layout Or Style Of A Chart
After you create a chart, you can instantly change its look. Instead of manually adding or changing chart elements or formatting the chart, you can quickly apply a predefined layout and style to your chart. Microsoft Office Excel provides a variety of useful predefined layouts and styles that you can...
Tags: Layout, Chart, Microsoft Office Excel, Microsoft Office, Office Suites, Software
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