Heterarchy.org

The following organizational structures involve nodes, edges, directed edges, upward/downward/lateral connections, circularity, and incorporation.

They can be applied to many different biological, psychological, and sociological domains.


Individual

Individual

Anarchy

Anarchy

Linearchy

Linearchy

CircularLinearchy

CircularLinearchy

Friendship

Several relationships using valent connections (e.g. attraction and aversion) can be found here.

Friendship

Employment

Employment

Family

Family

Monarchy

Monarchy

Oligarchy

Oligarchy

Democracy

Democracy

Hierarchy

Hierarchy

Union

Union

Incorporation

Incorporation

Heterarchy

Heterarchy

CircularHeterarchy

CircularHeterarchy

Notes

This site was created in order to illustrate alteratives to hierarchies with unidirectional flow (of power, money, etc), which are convenient but often suffer from problems of scale.

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