hierarchy

Examples of hierarchy in the following topics:

• Flattening Hierarchies

  • Flattening hierarchies can benefit smaller organizations by increasing employee empowerment, participation, and efficiency.
  • Hierarchies can be linked in several different ways.
  • The only direct links in a hierarchy are to a person's immediate superior or subordinates.
  • Parts of the hierarchy that are not linked vertically to one another can be horizontally linked through a path by traveling up the hierarchy; this path eventually reaches a common direct or indirect superior and then travels down the hierarchy again.
  • This "flattened" hierarchy promotes employee involvement through a decentralized decision-making process.

• Krackhardt's Graph Theoretical Dimensions of Hierarchy

  • The degree of hierarchy in a population speaks to the issue of "vertical differentiation. "
  • While we all have an intuitive sense of what it means for a structure to be a hierarchy.
  • Krackhardt defines a pure, "ideal typical" hierarchy as an "out-tree" graph.
  • The simplest "hierarchy" is a directed line graph A to B to C to D...
  • Hierarchy: To be a pure out-tree, there can be no reciprocated ties.

• Maslow's Hierarchy of Needs

  • Maslow's Hierarchy of Needs helps managers understand employees' needs in order to further employees' motivation.
  • Maslow is best known for his theory, the Hierarchy of Needs.
  • Maslow's Hierarchy of Needs relates to organizational theory and behavior because it explores a worker's motivation.
  • Each level of Maslow's hierarchy outlines a specific category of need, each of which must be accomplished in a bottom-up order.
  • Diagram Maslow's Hierarchy of Needs in the context of organizational motivation and employee behaviors

• Basic Types of Organizations

  • From a business perspective, a hierarchy will often be divided according to function or geography.
  • For example, a global retailer may utilize a geographic hierarchy at the upper level, with each geographic branch creating a functional hierarchy beneath it.
  • A smaller organization operating in a single region may simply have a functional hierarchy.
  • The other hierarchy is executive and works to ensure the experts bring specific projects to completion.
  • This organizational chart of the Iraqi Special Security Organization illustrates a hierarchy.

• Classical Theory of Motivation

  • The classical theory of motivation includes the hierarchy of needs from Abraham Maslow and the two-factor theory from Frederick Herzberg.
  • The content of this theory includes the hierarchy of needs from Abraham H.
  • Maslow developed the Hierarchy of Needs consistent of five hierarchical classes.
  • We can relate Maslow's Hierarchy of Needs theory with employee motivation.
  • Psychological requirements comprise the fourth level, while the top of the hierarchy is self-realization.

• Maslow's Hierarchy of Needs

  • Maslow's hierarchy of needs is a model for the various needs of humanity, with important implications for behavior in the workplace.
  • Maslow's hierarchy of needs is often portrayed in the shape of a pyramid, with the largest and most fundamental levels of needs at the bottom.
  • While Maslow never used a pyramid to represent the levels, a pyramid has become the de facto way to represent the hierarchy.
  • Each level of Maslow's hierarchy outlines a specific category of need, each of which must be accomplished in a bottom-up order.
  • Diagram Maslow's hierarchy of needs, understanding each tiered component and its application to employee motivation and compensation

• Goals

  • Maslow's Hierarchy of needs stresses personal growth and development.
  • Those needs that are higher in the hierarchy are considered more important, and cannot be satisfied unless the needs below them in the hierarchy are satisfied first.
  • The Flash animation above depicts Abraham Maslow's Hierarchy of Needs.
  • As these various needs are met an individual moves through the hierarchy.
  • Victory at meeting the Hierarchy of Needs means the climber is poised to learn and excel.

• Social Status

  • Social status refers to one's standing in the community and his position in the social hierarchy.
  • Alternatively, one can inherit his or her position on the social hierarchy; this is known as ascribed status.
  • In capitalist countries, this hierarchy is largely socioeconomic, in that high-income individuals are ranked at the top of the social hierarchy with low-income individuals at the bottom.
  • When considered in light of the larger social hierarchy, this worker will probably fall somewhere toward the mid-bottom of the hierarchy because of his socioeconomic status.
  • When he's at his place of work, he is high on the ladder of social hierarchy.

• Consequences of Social Class

  • One's position in the the social class hierarchy has far-reaching effects on their health, family life, education, etc.
  • Social class refers to the the grouping of individuals in a stratified hierarchy based on wealth, income, education, occupation, and social network (though other factors are sometimes considered).
  • One's position in the social class hierarchy may impact, for example, health, family life, education, religious affiliation, political participation, and experience with the criminal justice system.
  • Socioeconomic status refers to a person's position in the social hierarchy and is determined by their income, wealth, occupational prestige, and educational attainment.
  • Sociologists may dispute exactly how to model the distinctions between socioeconomic statuses, but the higher up the class hierarchy one is in America, the better health, educational, and professional outcomes one is likely to have.

• Schein's Common Elements of an Organization

  • The four common elements of an organization include common purpose, coordinated effort, division of labor, and hierarchy of authority.
  • Hierarchy of authority is essentially the chain of command—a control mechanism for making sure the right people do the right things at the right time.
  • While there are a wide variety of organizational structures—some with more centralization of authority than others—hierarchy in decision making is a critical factor for success.