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Hierarchy Concept
In general, hierarchy concept designates a
way of organization of several elements of a certain system, in which
each one of them is dependant of the element that is immediately above
(except, obviously the first that is not dependant of any others).
The hierarchy concept is also widely
applied to the management of organizations to designate a command chain
that begins in the top managers and follows until the non manager
employees, successively passing through all levels of the organizational
structure. Is, so, through the hierarchy that are established the formal
authority relations among superiors and subordinates and is defined the
organizational structures in any organization.
Translated from Portuguese
by Susana Saraiva, Portuguese-English and English-Portuguese translation
specialist. Contact: spams@sapo.pt.
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