a diagram representing the management structure of a company, showing the responsibilities of each department, the relationships of the departments to each other, and the hierarchy of management
organization chart in American English
noun
a diagrammatic representation showing how departments or divisions in an organization, as a large corporation, are related to one another along lines of authority
Word origin
[1940–45]This word is first recorded in the period 1940–45. Other words that entered Englishat around the same time include: black box, blockbuster, sealant, snorkel, update