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Ambition Hierarchy

Ambition uses a type-based hierarchical model to organize your Users into teams, divisions, offices, competitions and more.

You can use this system to model your organization's hierarchal, matrixed or otherwise complex structure. 

What is a Group?

Groups are collections of users representing the organization structure of your business. 

What is a Group Type?

Group Types are generic levels of hierarchy. Examples include: Office, Team, Division, Region. You can create Group Types (and then Groups within each type) for filtering across the platform.

What makes the "Role" Group Type special?

The Role is a special built-in Group Type. It's used to organize employees into their functional roles, so you can establish Scorecards (metrics and benchmarks). 

If needed you can change the "special" Group Type in Administration > Organization > Scorecard Group Type. 

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