Organisation structure and org chart

Maintain companies, branches, locations, departments, positions, pay grades and skills.

People, Organisation, Structure holds the building blocks that personnel records refer to. The page has the tabs Departments, Companies, Branches, Locations, Positions, Pay grades and Skills. Organisation, Org chart shows the reporting lines of all active employees.

Organisation structure and org chart
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Who can use this

  • Owner
  • Admin
  • HR manager

Steps

  1. 1. Departments

    Click "New department". Enter name, code, parent department, head and cost center. The department tree shows the hierarchy with the headcount per department. Use Expand and Collapse to navigate.

  2. 2. Companies

    Click "New company". Enter the legal name, the company number (Betriebsnummer, 8 digits of the Federal Employment Agency) and the tax number.

  3. 3. Branches

    Click "New branch" and assign it to a company.

  4. 4. Locations

    Click "New location". Enter address and the federal state. The federal state decides which public holidays apply to the employees at this location.

  5. 5. Positions

    Click "New position". Enter the position title, department, pay grade, planned headcount and description. The list shows filled and planned positions and how many are vacant.

  6. 6. Pay grades

    Click "New pay grade". Enter code, name and the salary band (minimum and maximum annual salary). The maximum must not be lower than the minimum.

  7. 7. Skills

    Click "New skill" to build the skill catalogue used in personnel records and the skills matrix.

  8. 8. Org chart

    Open Organisation, Org chart. Choose "Start at employee" to show one part of the tree, or "Whole organisation". Each card shows the number of direct reports.

Good to know

  • Pay grade codes and skill names must be unique.
  • An entry that is still assigned to employees cannot be deleted. A department with sub departments cannot be deleted either.
  • A department cannot be its own parent, directly or indirectly.

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