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GENERAL STAFF UNIT [1 record]

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Record 1 1994-03-30

English

Subject field(s)
  • Corporate Structure
CONT

General staff units, whether corporate staff or personal staff, report to the principal whom they serve. They provide a goal-oriented, adaptive function at the top of the organization, taking a long-run view, even it the rest of the organization is organized into functional units.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Structures de l'entreprise
OBS

Proposition fondée sur la définition suivante du terme «état-major» : ensemble des fonctions qui, tout en n'étant pas directement reliées à la production et n'exerçant pas de responsabilités de surveillance étroite des opérations, sont remplies par des personnes chargées de conseiller les cadres hiérarchique d'une organisation.

Spanish

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