Organogram Types – Organogram Template

Organogram Template – Hierachy Layout

Here is a good quality Organogram Template – Hierachy Layout that can easily be used to create good and effective organizational structures. This Organogram Template is created using MS PowerPoint 2013 and can easily be used to tailor to any situation it requires.

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Organogram Template – Horizontal Structure

Here is an Organogram Template with Horizontal Structure that can easily help anyone to represent their organization staff in a horizontal layout. This Organogram Template is created using MS PowerPoint 2013 and hence it is quite easy to edit or tailor as per any specific situation.

A horizontal organizational structure is known as flat organization structure and is the opposite of a vertical organizational structure. In a horizontal organization structure, there is no middle management and all the employees are usually free in making their day to day operational decisions and are accountable to only one manager. The top management of horizontal organization structure is usually dealing with the first line management or with the employees of the company personally. The decision making in horizontal organizational structure is decentralized where employees are welcomed by the top management for sharing their ideas therefore; a horizontal organizational structure is more innovative as compared to a vertical or controlled organizational structure. Horizontal organization structures are common and suitable for small businesses because there is usually less workforce. Due to the lack of a large work force the horizontal organizational structure has an informal style of management. It is basically an employee oriented approach in which the goals are determined by the top management and employees are then free to choosing ways for the accomplishment of those goals. Managers are acting like leaders whose responsibility is to provide proper guidelines as well as an assessment of their work.

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Horizontal Organization Structure – What you need to know?

The decision making in horizontal organizational structure is informal in which all the workers are free to participate and therefore it has more chances of getting growth and success due to a productive and innovative type of decision. The structure emphasizes on the collective goals of the organization and therefore is appreciating a team work. Due to the emphasis on teamwork, the relationship between the management and employees are friendly, cordial and productive. The horizontal organization structure always focuses on the procedures and techniques that are used by employees for the accomplishment of different tasks rather than focusing on individual job description and job specification. In a horizontal organizational structure, employees have more chances of getting success and appreciation because management is always appreciated and encouraging unique and innovative ideas. For the betterment of the workforce, horizontal organizational structures are usually organizes different learning and training sessions as a result of which employees have more chances of getting improvement in performance and skills.

In horizontal organizational structures, though the workforce is free in choosing procedures and making decisions about their daily operations but it does not mean that the top management has given them a free hand. It is the responsibility of the top management to keep a close eye on the activities of their workers and provide them guidelines. Similar to other organizational structures, horizontal organizational structure has also a couple of flaws. The biggest disadvantage of a horizontal organizational structure is that it is only suitable for small businesses because in large businesses or organizations it is not possible for the management to create a contract with all the workers personally. Horizontal organizational structures usually offer learning opportunity to their workers that in turn making their responsibilities complex and so many employees are then feeling stress and dissatisfaction. Top management usually offers incentives for group work that sometimes result in inter group conflicts, especially when there are some lazy and ineffective workers in a group.

Organogram – Top Down Structure

Here is another Organogram – Top Down Structure that can be used to represent organization structure in an easy to grasp way. This template allows you to create organograms with left top down structure and also to represent vertical management structure of the organization. This organogram template is created using MS PowerPoint 2003 so that anyone can easily use it. You need to have MS PowerPoint 2003 or later version installed on your PC before you can plan to use this template.

For a tremendous future growth of any business a proper organizational structure is important. There are lots of different organizational structures that business owners are adopting according to the size and nature of the business. Vertical organizational structure is one of them and is very common in the business world. A vertical organizational structure is based on a hierarchy with several layers of management. A vertical organization structure is solely relay upon a centralized decision making and where the communication has to go through several layers of management. In a vertical organizational structure, the authority is in the hands of top management and the communication flow is moving in a chain that is from top management to middle management and then to a lower level of employees. Middle management is acting like a bridge between top management and lower level workers. The structure emphasizes on hierarchy and the relations between employees are rigid and strict and all workers are classified into different levels of jobs on the basis of their specialization.

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Mertis and Demerits of Vertical Organization Structure

A vertical organizational structure is also known as tall structure and allows owners of the company to have a strong control over the activities of the company. In vertical organizational structures, there are proper boundaries, organization culture and rules for the workers making it a civilized and controlled work environment where workers have an opportunity to work in a stable environment. As workers are assigned on the basis of expertise therefore a vertical organizational structure offer high efficiency and productivity but unfortunately the workers are not innovative and has poor communication skills. Due to a long chain of command, the communication process is very slow, ineffective and usually results in wastage of time. The employees or workers of a vertical organization structure are almost satisfied because they have a job security and a specified path for getting promotions. The success of vertical organizational structures is totally dependent on the upper management, if the upper management is weak, it means there will be a poor decision making and hence a poor and frustrated work force.

Advantages

The structure is efficient, controlled and quick in decision making.
Employees have a clear path of responsibilities with a specific job position.
There is less need of learning new skills and abilities.
The work environment is stable and stress free with defined boundaries and rules.

Disadvantages

Due to centralized decision making, a vertical organization structure is less innovative.
The relationship between workers is rigid and strict.
A vertical organization structure has several levels of management and therefore the communication is slow and ineffective.
A vertical organization structure is based on a large number of managers and therefore it cost the organization a lot as managers have high salary packages.
Sometimes, in vertical organization structures worker feel stifled and sometime never work efficiently.

A vertical organization structure is a very common and conventional type of organizational structure and is used by lots of private and government companies and educational sector. Overall structure is effective and efficient and by using certain advanced strategies, business owners can eliminate the flaws of vertical organization structure.

Organogram Template – Tree Structure

Here is another attractive yet professional Organogram Template to list down organization designations in Tree Structure. It is really effective way to present your organization structure specially if your organization contains several project managers having different kind of staff under them up to several levels. This Organogram Template is created using MS PowerPoint 2003 so that anyone can easily use it to design any kind of organization structures.

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