Le’ Anrei Conrado P.

Legarde
BSN 4A

FORMS OF ORGANIZATIONAL CHART

1. VERTICAL OR TALL CHART

- Depicts the Chief Executive at the top with the line of authority flowing down the hierarchy.
- Most effective when managers desire better coordination and effective management
- Clearly defines relationships between and among the different levels in the organization
- Members are given more opportunities to participate in decision-making activities because
of limited or small span of control.

DIRECTOR

CHARGE
NURSE

Staff Staff Staff

Nurse Nurse Nurse

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Aide Aide Aide

2. HORIZONTAL OR FLAT CHART

- Depicts the manager at the top with a wide span of control.
- Employees in this structure reports to one manager
- Head nurses or frontline managers are given more authority.
- Communication in this structure is direct, simple and fast with minimal distortion of
messages since the distance between the top and lower levels is shorter.

Nurse Aide
3. CONCENTRIC OR CIRCULAR CHART
- Shows outward flow of communication from center
- Top management: center represented by
o Board of Trustees or Directors
o Hospital Chief or Hospital Administrator
o Chief Nurse
- Middle and lower levels of management : concentric circle such as:
Le’ Anrei Conrado P. Legarde
BSN 4A

o Supervisor
o Charge Nurse
o Staff Nurse

Chief Nurse
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