An org chart is a diagram showing how a company is structured. Specifically, it shows the reporting relationships between employees, teams and departments. Each employee will have their own icon on the chart with their name, headshot and job title.

An org chart maps out the employees within an organization, grouping them by team and showing how employees relate to each other. Org charts illustrate reporting relationships and chains of command to give a simple overview of a company’s organizational structure, its hierarchy and how each employee fits into the big picture.

Org charts are also sometimes known as organogram charts (or organigrams). These corporate structure charts show people’s relationships inside of an organization. They’re similar to family trees or kinship diagrams but show working relationships rather than familial ones. In an org chart, the boxes represent employees.