HR & People / Organizational Design
Organizational Layers aliases: org depth, management layers, delayering count
How many reporting levels separate the top of the organization from its front line.
The fork, why two teams get different numbers
"Layers" is the depth of the org, the complement to span-of-control's breadth, but it is counted several ways.
In the Metric Library
- The full fork, both definitions worked all the way through
- The trap that makes the number lie, on a real export
- Every formula variant, spelled out
- The reconciliation anchor, what to tie it to and when to refuse
Reference: SHRM