One of the things that state government does really well is make org charts.\u00c2\u00a0 And if my department is indicative of the rest of the state, I would say that there are those in state government who have dedicated half of their careers to creating org charts.<\/p>\n
A new official org chart came out the other day and like all of the previous official org charts, the staff looked over the org chart and tried to determine what was different from the old org chart.\u00c2\u00a0 Official org charts tend to be more of an exercise in Power Point than an actual useful document.\u00c2\u00a0 Just because the official org chart shows you reporting to someone, that doesn\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t mean that you actually report to that person.<\/p>\n
For example, on the official org chart, I report directly to the Director.\u00c2\u00a0 In reality, I report to one of the managers who reports to the Director.\u00c2\u00a0 And the manager, on occasion, assigns me to a subordinate.\u00c2\u00a0 In short, the official org chart does not represent reality.<\/p>\n
So, you might ask, \u00e2\u20ac\u0153Why not put out an org chart that represents reality?\u00e2\u20ac\u009d\u00c2\u00a0 Well, we also have an org chart that represents reality.\u00c2\u00a0 It is called the unofficial org chart.\u00c2\u00a0 The official org chart is what we present to Civil Service.\u00c2\u00a0 The unofficial org chart is how we operate.<\/p>\n
The main problem is with Civil Service.\u00c2\u00a0 Civil Service has their own rules and regulations for job classifications and organizational structures.\u00c2\u00a0 According to Civil Service, my job classification is at too high of a level to report to a manager.\u00c2\u00a0 Therefore, I \u00c2\u00a0report to the Director.\u00c2\u00a0 However, the Director does not know what I do and doesn\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t really want to know what I do.\u00c2\u00a0 So, on the official org chart I report to him and on the unofficial org chart I report to a manager.<\/p>\n
On the official org chart, a subordinate may report to his manager.\u00c2\u00a0 On the unofficial org chart, the manager may report to his subordinate.\u00c2\u00a0 If all of this has you confused, try working here.<\/p>\n
So what good are org charts?\u00c2\u00a0 I will tell you.\u00c2\u00a0 I few months back I read an article which claimed that you should never eat lunch on your office desk because it is full of germs.\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0 Well, since I spend my lunch hour blogging, I need to eat lunch on my desk.\u00c2\u00a0 So, in order to combat germs, I have found that org charts make dandy placemats.\u00c2\u00a0 \ud83d\ude09<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
One of the things that state government does really well is make org charts.\u00c2\u00a0 And if my department is indicative of the rest of the state, I would say that there are those in state government who have dedicated half … Continue reading