Glossary

Organizational Design & Workforce Planning Glossary

Plain-English definitions of the terms that come up constantly in this field — no signup, no gated PDF. Each one links to where the concept is live in Organization Viewer.

Span of control

How many people directly report to one manager, and why it matters.

Job architecture

The structured framework of job families and levels that everything else — pay, careers, planning — is built on.

Headcount planning vs. workforce planning

They get used interchangeably. They shouldn't be.

Scenario modeling

Testing a reorg, a cost cut, or an M&A integration before you commit to it.

O*NET

The U.S. Department of Labor's free database describing nearly every occupation in the American economy.

ESCO

The EU's free, multilingual classification of occupations and skills — built independently of O*NET.

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