A Great Organizational Structure and List Building Tool
I was recently researching the corporate structure of some major technology companies and discovered that it can be exceedingly time consuming. Exluding the highest executive officers, most companies do not provide a laundry list of their employees. I understand this for privacy purposes, but it does not make searching any easier.
After several hours of searching for various industry directors, I came across a great site: Cogmap.com. Cogmap.com is a corporate structure wiki that allows users to create organizational charts. It primarily focuses on companies, but also features some government organizations and non-profits. And if your organization is not listed, you can join the community and add it (membership is free.)
Being a wiki, anyone can update to reflect up-to-date changes in the organization. It also shows chain of command through a chart, outline, and directory (which is alphabetical, not structured according to hierarchy.) Some names have contact phone numbers or additional information for list-building purposes, but primarily names and titles.
Forbes.com has also launched a similar service called Org Chart Wiki. Like CogMap, users can add and change information and search is available to everyone. However, it does not have the outline and directory features which make it slightly more difficult to navigate despite its actual “chart” appearing to be better designed. Instead, Org Chart emphasizes individuals more with its prominent search feature including such criteria as company, title, department, and education. Once found, it also lists the people that report to that individual, somewhat like the outline feature of CogMap.
While I prefer CogMap, I think both of these wiki tools are great and highly recommend them to anyone building their own internal lists or researching organizational structure.
After several hours of searching for various industry directors, I came across a great site: Cogmap.com. Cogmap.com is a corporate structure wiki that allows users to create organizational charts. It primarily focuses on companies, but also features some government organizations and non-profits. And if your organization is not listed, you can join the community and add it (membership is free.)
Being a wiki, anyone can update to reflect up-to-date changes in the organization. It also shows chain of command through a chart, outline, and directory (which is alphabetical, not structured according to hierarchy.) Some names have contact phone numbers or additional information for list-building purposes, but primarily names and titles.
Forbes.com has also launched a similar service called Org Chart Wiki. Like CogMap, users can add and change information and search is available to everyone. However, it does not have the outline and directory features which make it slightly more difficult to navigate despite its actual “chart” appearing to be better designed. Instead, Org Chart emphasizes individuals more with its prominent search feature including such criteria as company, title, department, and education. Once found, it also lists the people that report to that individual, somewhat like the outline feature of CogMap.
While I prefer CogMap, I think both of these wiki tools are great and highly recommend them to anyone building their own internal lists or researching organizational structure.
Posted by Cassy York at 6/11/2009 1:36 PM 
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Tags: cogmap.com; Forbes OrgChart; List Building Tool; Sales Tool Wiki; Organizational Structure
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Tags: cogmap.com; Forbes OrgChart; List Building Tool; Sales Tool Wiki; Organizational Structure
Thanks for the Cogmap love! We work hard to bring you the finest in organizational charting wikis!
If you try our "List Builder" feature, it will allow you to easily search the tens of thousands of people in our database by parameter.
Have fun and thanks for the recognition.
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Thanks Brent! I will definitely explore the List Builder feature more as well as the other components of the site. It's by far one of the best tools I've come across recently and am happy to spread the word about it.
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