doppia dipendenza gerarchico/ funzionale
English translation: the dual, straight-line and dotted-line, reporting
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|  Selected response from: James (Jim) Davis Seychelles Local time: 16:12 | ||||||
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"two-pronged/double" heirarchical/functional reporting [structure] Explanation: an example would be head of legal in Germany who reports to country manager in Germany (heirarchical) and head of legal for group (functional) |
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organisational and operational (issue of) double employment Explanation: the sensitive organisational and operational issue of double employment moonlighting may be going too far |
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peer agreement (net): +1the dual, straight-line and dotted-line, reporting Explanation: An alternative to Paul's (Pc's) answer "the dual, straight line and dotted line, reporting which affects all those .... involved in parent company functions.." You could probably omit the "straight-line" part and the "hierarchical" part in Paul's answer as these are always present and can be taken for granted http://www.brown.edu/Administration/Human_Resources/job_pay_... A functional reporting relationship could also refer to a situation where a manager has a dual reporting relationship---one to a functional head within the same function, and one to a general line manager. In this case, the functional reporting relationship is to the general manager. A functional reporting relationship of this sort is often called a **"dotted line"** reporting relationship. http://www.google.com/search?source=ig&hl=en&rlz=&=&q="dotte... The name comes from the way it is drawn on the organisation chart. BTW the word "corporate" here means "parent company" people who work in subsidiaries but who have to report to two bosses one in the subsidiary and one in the parent company. |
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