Employee management

Abstract

Among other things, at least part of an organizational chart of an enterprise is displayed to a manager, the displayed organizational chart including employee positions and their relationships, and elements are displayed on the displayed organizational chart that can be invoked by the manager to perform actions with respect to the employee positions.

1 . A method comprising
 displaying to a manager at least part of an organizational chart of an enterprise, the displayed organizational chart including employee positions and their relationships,   displaying elements on the displayed organizational chart that can be invoked by the manager to perform actions with respect to the employee positions.   
     
     
         2 . The method of  claim 1  in which displaying at least part of an organizational chart includes displaying information about the status of at least one of the positions. 
     
     
         3 . The method of  claim 2  in which the status includes displaying at least one of: planned but not authorized, authorized but not filled, and filled. 
     
     
         4 . The method of  claim 1  in which the actions include viewing information about the position. 
     
     
         5 . The method of  claim 1  in which the actions include at least one of planning a position, budgeting for a position, requisitioning a person for a position, and reviewing candidates for a position. 
     
     
         6 . The method of  claim 1  in which displaying at least part of an organizational chart includes displaying information about a particular person who occupies one of the positions. 
     
     
         7 . The method of  claim 1  in which displaying the elements that can be invoked includes displaying the elements visually in association with employee positions to which they relate. 
     
     
         8 . The method of  claim 1  in which the displaying of at least part of an organizational chart and the displaying of elements are determined based on a role being played by the manager. 
     
     
         9 . The method of  claim 1  also enabling the manager to control a style in which the organizational chart is displayed, including a chart style, and a tree style. 
     
     
         10 . The method of  claim 1  including displaying a control element that enables the manager to toggle between displaying information about a position information and information about actions that can be taken to change a status of the position. 
     
     
         11 . A method comprising
 displaying to a manager at least part of an organizational chart of an enterprise, the displayed organizational chart including (a) employee positions and their relationships, (b) information about the status of at least one of the positions, the status including at least one of: planned but not authorized, authorized but not filled, and filled information, and (c) information about a particular person who occupies one of the positions,   displaying elements on the displayed organizational chart that can be invoked by the manager to perform actions with respect to the employee positions, the actions including at least two of: viewing information about the position, planning a position, budgeting for a position, requisitioning a person for a position, and reviewing candidates for a position, the elements being displayed visually in association with employee positions to which they relate, and   the displaying of at least part of an organizational chart and the displaying of elements being determined based on a role being played by the manager.   
     
     
         12 . An apparatus comprising
 storage for information about positions of an organizational chart and actions that can be taken with respect to the positions, and   a processor configured to display to a manager (a) at least part of an organizational chart of an enterprise, the displayed organizational chart including employee positions and their relationships, and (b) elements on the displayed organizational chart that can be invoked by the manager to perform the actions with respect to the employee positions.   
     
     
         13 . A medium bearing instructions to cause a processor to
 display to a manager (a) at least part of an organizational chart of an enterprise, the displayed organizational chart including employee positions and their relationships, and (b) elements on the displayed organizational chart that can be invoked by the manager to perform the actions with respect to the employee positions, and   enable the manager to perform the actions.   
     
     
         14 . A user interface paradigm comprising
 a display to a manager of at least part of an organizational chart of an enterprise, the displayed organizational chart including employee positions and their relationships, and   a display to the manager of elements on the displayed organizational chart that can be invoked by the manager to perform actions with respect to the employee positions.