A functional—or role-based—structure is one of the most common organizational structures. The second type—the product- or market-based structure—is also hierarchical, vertical and centralized.

How to Develop a Hierarchical Chart for the Levels of Organization. A hierarchical chart provides managers and employees with important information regarding authority and chain of command in a ...

To create a chart, select your data, open the "Insert" tab, and click the icon in the corner of the Charts group.

PowerPoint offers preset hierarchical chart templates, so you won't even have to set one up yourself. Simply corral the Excel information you need and merge it in with PowerPoint.

Rachel Botsman’s piece on Daniel McCallum’s 1855 organisational chart offers a fascinating glimpse into the origins of visualising organisations (“Uncharted territory”, Spectrum, March 29 ...