Heterarchies

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

Anarchy

Linearchy

CircularLinearchy

Friendship

Employment

Family

Monarchy

Oligarchy

Democracy

Hierarchy

Union

Incorporation

Heterarchy

CircularHeterarchy

Organic (densely interconnected with multiple unions/organs)


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