The employee’s position in the hierarchy is illustrated.
What Do Job Titles Mean?
Job titles refer to the official names or designations for the role performed by an employee engaged in a specific task. Job titles define a particular role within a specific job that holds a defined status. Every job operates at a specific level in the organizational hierarchy as depicted in the company chart.
Levels in the Job Hierarchy
Organizations provide a variety of titles that they believe reflect their organizational values and define the responsibilities of the position while indicating the job’s status in the organizational hierarchy. It is worth noting that the same job can carry different titles depending on the company, industry, location, and size of the company.
In the field of human resources, typical job titles range from administrative assistant to attorney. These are the titles you generally find within an organization and numerically represent the job level. You will not find all these titles in any single organization, and you will find many variations that suit the organization and its hierarchical structure.
Historically, the three highest positions are:
- Chairperson
- Vice Chairperson
- Board Members
These individuals are external to the organization’s operations, although the CEO and even the chair often sit on the board.
Below is an example of a traditional internal organizational hierarchy:
- Chief Executive Officer (CEO)
- Chief Operating Officer (COO), Chief Commercial Officer (CCO), Chief Financial Officer (CFO), Chief Technology Officer (CTO), Chief Information Officer (CIO), Chief Knowledge Officer (CKO), Chief Innovation Officer (CIO), Chief Data Officer (CDO), Chief Strategy Officer (CSO), Chief Compliance Officer (CCO), Chief Security Officer (CSO), Chief Marketing Officer (CMO), Chief Talent Officer, Chief Human Resources Officer (CHR), Chief Administrative Officer (CAO), Chief User Experience Officer (CUEO), Chief Automation Officer (CAO), Chief Intellectual Property Officer (CIPO)
- Assistant Chief Executive Officer
- Deputy Chief Executive Officer
- Senior Vice President
- Vice President
- Assistant Vice President
- Senior General Manager
- Manager
- Assistant Manager
- Middle Department Manager
- Staff Manager or Specific Function
- Employees, Freelancers, Contract Employees, Temporary Employees, Seasonal Employees, Part-Time Employees
Organizational Charts
An organizational chart is a visual communication tool that allows employees and other stakeholders to see job titles as well as the reporting relationships within the organization.
Organizational charts typically depict the organization’s structure using boxes and vertical and horizontal lines to connect the boxes. The vertical lines illustrate the reporting relationships between supervisors and their subordinate employees.
Horizontal lines indicate functional relationships. A dashed or broken line indicates a strong working relationship with an employee who may oversee your work or projects but is not your supervisor.
Usage and Types
Organizational charts are used for organizational communication, supervisory relationships, workforce planning, departmental or team management planning, resource planning, change management, organizational restructuring or redesign, and job analysis.
If you look at an organizational chart and see rows of vertical boxes with few relational lines extending from the boxes, the organization is likely hierarchical.
Boxes in a flat organizational chart have a more horizontal relationship. In a team-based and empowered organization, each supervisor has multiple team members reporting to them.
A team-based organizational chart can focus on the relationships between teams to illustrate the connections among individuals and teams.
Future Expectations
Some consulting firms and analysts predict that ongoing executive roles will see an expansion of executive positions with C-level titles (or what is known as the C-suite) such as COO, CEO, and CIO.
With the increasing war for talent, qualified executives for these roles will demand C-level titles in order to have the authority and responsibility commensurate with their fellow management colleagues.
Consulting firms also anticipate flattening the hierarchy by eliminating many roles in middle management in favor of executive-level managers at the C level. This will impact levels of communication and goal definition that often lead to problems in effective communication.
Source:
https://www.thebalancemoney.com/what-do-job-titles-signify-on-the-organization-chart-1918171
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