Organizational Chart Tutorial

HOW TO DRAW ORGANIZATIONAL CHARTS

Tips for Creating Effective Organization Charts
1) The design of your org chart should reflect the personality of your organization. Vertical charts emphasize hierarchy, while horizontal charts, or charts that omit the connector lines, de-emphasize it. An inverted chart makes a statement about the importance of those at the bottom.

2) The size of the box should reflect the rank of the office. Boxes lower in the tree should be smaller than (or equal to) those at the top. All boxes at the same level should be the same size.

3) The size of the box should reflect the rank of the office. Boxes lower in the tree should be smaller than (or equal to) those at the top. All boxes at the same level should be the same size.

4) For a functional org chart, include each person's responsibilities and add informal lines of communication (using dashed lines) to reflect the complex realities of interaction within the organization.

5) You can focus on a subsection company by drawing a partial organizational chart.

6) Create a polished chart by adding graphics or photos.

7) SmartDraw makes it easy to share your organizational chart with others in a business presentation or on the web.

• Export as a GIF or JPEG for the web
• Publish to your own FREE SmartDraw web space with one click (Any hyperlinks in your drawings become working hyperlinks on the web—and interlinked pages become interlinked web sites!)
• Export as HTML with working hyperlinks
• Copy & Paste into PowerPoint^® or other Microsoft Office^® Suite program

When you paste your chart into another program (such as PowerPoint^®), you can edit it by simply double-clicking on the chart in the other program. This automatically opens the chart in SmartDraw for editing, and your changes will be updated in the other program automatically.