ORGANIZING AND HATS

The org board shows the pattern of organizing to obtain a product.
A board then is a flow chart of consecutive products brought about by terminals in series.
We see these terminals as “posts” or positions.

Each one of these is a hat.

The term hat is slang for the title and work of a post in an organization. It is taken from the fact that in many professions such as railroading the type of hat worn is the badge of the job. For example, a train crew has a conductor who wears a conductor’s hat—he has charge of the passengers and collects fares.
In an organization, there is a flow along these hats. Read the rest of this entry »