Research Article

Discovering Organizational Hierarchy through a Corporate Ranking Algorithm: The Enron Case

Table 8

Average bonus for 2001 and average CorpRank score by hierarchical categories and sorted by CorpRank score for Enron North American West Power Trading division. Average bonus includes regular performance bonus and a retention bonus given to a selected group of employees in 2001 according to [59]. Average bonus in U.S. dollars.

CorpRank scoreAvg bonusAvg. total

Senior managers
 Managing Director77.135,249,9995,719,962
 Vice President42.464,600,0004,120,000
Middle managers
 Director31.75656,250NA
 Manager35.85NANA
Trader27.9330,400NA
Employee26.26NANA