People in the hierarchy who work under the control of a senior worker

A diagram that shows the different job roles in a business and how they relate to each other

The right to command and make decisions

Authority to pass down from superior to subordinate

The duty to complete a task

The way authority and power is organised in an organisation

A type of business organisation where major decisions are made at the centre or core of the organisation and then passed down the chain of command

The number of people a person is directly responsible for in a business

Removing layers of management from the heirarchy of an organisation

A type of business organisation where decision making is pushed down the chain of command and away from the centre of the organisation