ORGANIZATION, LINE

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Definitions

the military type of organization form whereby there is a definite ascending and descending chain of command. Each executive from the bottom up is responsible to the person directly above him. Thus all persons in a department may be directly responsible to the head of a department who in turn is responsible to an executive who is in charge of, say, six department heads and so on up the line. Orders pass from top management down the line of command and compliances and data pass on up without by-passing the chain of command. Thus responsibility or irresponsibility is easy to pinpoint and functions are clearly defined.