A hierarchical organization is structured in such a way that every entity in the organization, except one, is subordinate to a single other entity. This is the dominant mode of organization among large organizations; most corporations, governments, and organized religions are hierarchical organizations. Hierarchies denote a singular/group of power at the top, a number of assistants underneath and hundreds of servants beneath them.

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  • A hierarchical organization is structured in such a way that every entity in the organization, except one, is subordinate to a single other entity. This is the dominant mode of organization among large organizations; most corporations, governments, and organized religions are hierarchical organizations. Hierarchies denote a singular/group of power at the top, a number of assistants underneath and hundreds of servants beneath them. Hierarchy originally meant "rule by priests", and it is from the organization of hierarchical churches such as the Roman Catholic and Eastern Orthodox churches that the name of this concept arises. In these organizations, the pope or patriarch was the highest visible part of the hierarchy, with God as the nominal top of the hierarchy. Image:Hierarchy. svg|Diagram illustrating the typical layout of a hierarchical organisation. The modern sense of the word came about as a result of the hierarchical way in which the Roman Catholic and Eastern Orthodox churches were organized. It may be useful to visualize a pyramidal power structure, those nearest the top have more power than those nearest the bottom, and there being fewer people at the top then at the bottom. As a result, superiors in a hierarchy generally have higher status and command greater rewards than their subordinates. All governments and most companies have similar structures. Traditionally, the monarch was the pinnacle of the state. In many countries, feudalism and manorialism provided a formal social structure that established hierarchical links at every level of society, with the monarch at the top. In modern post-feudal states the nominal top of the hierarchy still remains the head of state, which may be a president or a constitutional monarch, although in many modern states the powers of the head of state are to one degree or another delegated among different bodies; commonly a senate, parliament or congress, which in turn often delegate the day-to-day running of the country to a prime minister. In many democracies, the people are considered to be the notional top of the hierarchy, over the head of state; in reality, the people's power is restricted to voting in elections. In business, the business owner traditionally occupied the pinnacle of the organization. In most modern large companies, there is now no longer a single dominant shareholder, and the collective power of the business owners is for most purposes delegated to a board of directors, which in turn delegates the day-to-day running of the company to a managing director or CEO. Again, although the shareholders of the company are the nominal top of the hierarchy, in reality many companies are run at least in part as personal fiefdoms by their management; corporate governance rules are an attempt to mitigate this tendency. Members of hierarchical organizational structures chiefly communicate with their immediate superior and with their immediate subordinates. Structuring organizations in this way is useful partly because it can reduce the communication overhead by limiting information flow; this is also its major limitation. Not all organizations have this structure. The opposite extreme is described as Flat organization" or "single-level".
  • Hierarchická orgaznizace, jednoduše také organizování podniku je způsob uspořádání podniku. Vymezuje vzájemné vztahy lidí a prostředků při plnění určitých cílů. Je založena na vytváření formálních organizačních struktur - mechanismu, který koordinuje a řídí aktivity členů v podniku. Ty umožňují co nejefektivnější fungování podniku. Určují vztahy nadřízený - podřízený, odpovědnost, postup při plnění jednotlivých úkolů atd.
  • La structure du pouvoir décrit les modes disparus d'organisation du pouvoir, qui aujourd'hui sont décrits sous le nom de Système politique; ils se développaient alors que la notion même de constitution était absente. La dévolution du pouvoir concerne les cas pour lesquels un souverain légitime et en titre remet son pouvoir entre les mains d'un intendant, dans les cas où la fondation de l'État est trop récente pour avoir développé des institutions; la dévolution de la dynastie « légitime » à une dynastie de serviteurs est en effet observable dans l'Histoire à de nombreuses reprises. Le cas emblématique en Histoire de France est représenté par les Maires du Palais, qui finirent par détrôner les Mérovingiens. Les cas similaires les plus connus, parce que s'étant étalés sur une longue période de temps, outre le cas des Péppinides, sont les Peshwa des Marathes et les shoguns au Japon.
  • Файл:Organizational chart. svg Иерархическая организация — структура с вертикальной формой управления (контроля) элементами, входящими в неё. Фактически это пирамида, каждым уровнем которой управляет более высокий уровень.
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  • February 2009
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  • ''The Peter Principle: Why Things Always Go Wrong''
  • Having formulated the Principle, I discovered that I had inadvertently founded a new science, hierarchiology, the study of hierarchies. The term hierarchy was originally used to describe the system of church government by priests graded into ranks. The contemporary meaning includes any organization whose members or employees are arranged in order of rank, grade or class. Hierarchiology, although a relatively recent discipline, appears to have great applicability to the fields of public and private administration.
  • dbpedia:Laurence_J._Peter
  • dbpedia:Raymond_Hull
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  • A hierarchical organization is structured in such a way that every entity in the organization, except one, is subordinate to a single other entity. This is the dominant mode of organization among large organizations; most corporations, governments, and organized religions are hierarchical organizations. Hierarchies denote a singular/group of power at the top, a number of assistants underneath and hundreds of servants beneath them.
  • Hierarchická orgaznizace, jednoduše také organizování podniku je způsob uspořádání podniku. Vymezuje vzájemné vztahy lidí a prostředků při plnění určitých cílů. Je založena na vytváření formálních organizačních struktur - mechanismu, který koordinuje a řídí aktivity členů v podniku. Ty umožňují co nejefektivnější fungování podniku. Určují vztahy nadřízený - podřízený, odpovědnost, postup při plnění jednotlivých úkolů atd.
  • La structure du pouvoir décrit les modes disparus d'organisation du pouvoir, qui aujourd'hui sont décrits sous le nom de Système politique; ils se développaient alors que la notion même de constitution était absente.
  • Файл:Organizational chart. svg Иерархическая организация — структура с вертикальной формой управления (контроля) элементами, входящими в неё. Фактически это пирамида, каждым уровнем которой управляет более высокий уровень.
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  • Hierarchical organization
  • Hierarchická organizace
  • Structure du pouvoir
  • Иерархическая организация
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