A worker who has a supervisor to whom they report directly is often called a direct report.
The supervisor provides primary guidance to the worker, controls the major financial resources on which the worker relies to perform their work, conducts performance reviews with the worker, and provides all other direct supervision. Solid-line reporting is a direct reporting relationship between a supervisor and their supervised worker. The use of 'solid-line' versus 'dotted-line' is based on the visual representation of the organizational structure in an organizational chart. In a hierarchal business organization, especially in a matrix management structure, the relationship between a worker and their direct supervisor or leader can be classified as solid-line reporting (also called direct reporting) or dotted-line reporting (also called indirect reporting). Unsourced material may be challenged and removed.įind sources: 'Solid line reporting' – news Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources. This article needs additional citations for verification.
