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Figure 2-5:
An org chart reflects organizational structure using a tree.
Corporate performance-related characteristics such as department size and
affirmative action employment classification can be mapped to size and
color of each node.
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An org chart provides an ideal, intuitive framework for portraying
characteristics of an organization. However, when those characteristics are
summative and a more precise reading of proportional contribution is
desired, a
sunburst chart
may be an appropriate choice.
In
Figure 2-5
,
the size of staff for a manager is the sum of the size of staff
foreachofthemanager'sdirectreports.Eachhigher-levelbubblerepresents
the sum size of bubbles below. This gives an impression of department size,
which is, in most cases, a sufficient level of detail. When the goal is to
analyze department performance, however, more precision may be desired.
