Line and Staff Position

Line and Staff Position

  • Submitted By: ying
  • Date Submitted: 08/24/2008 4:48 AM
  • Category: Business
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PARAGRAPH 1: INTRODUCTION

" Definition of the main topic.
Line position: the power followed by the chain of command established by the formal hierarchy.
Staff position: the power of staff departments over others in the organisation, which is, has a relation directly to their respective functions (Bartol et al, 2008).

" Definition of the main topic.
Line position: the power followed by the chain of command established by the formal hierarchy.
Staff position: the power of staff departments over others in the organisation, which is, has a relation directly to their respective functions (Bartol et al, 2008).


" Different between line and staff; authority and function

1. Line position: the power in line position is stronger to makes the firm achieves their goal because line positions manage the important (e.g. design, manufacture, and sale of product).

2. Staff position: it doesn't mean that staff position is not important. But, staff position only supports the line position and the responsibility is lower.

" This essay explains about the differences between line and staff position in order to make all the readers understand about those positions.


PARAGRAPH 2: DICUSSION 1st TOPIC

Based on their function;

" Line position has more power to help the organisation to achieve their goal and the function of line position is more important.

1. Line position has a big responsibility to the organisation and that is why firm gives higher salary. (Greenberg, Jerald. and Baron, A. Robert. 2002)

2. Staff position has lower responsibility than line. Part that handled such as: human resources, billing, and public relations. (Greenberg, Jerald. and Baron, A. Robert. 2002)











PARAGRAPH 3: DISCUSSION 2nd TOPIC

Based on their authority

" The authority of line position is wider than staff position.

1. Line position has bigger authority than staff position because their authority followed by the command, which is...

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