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IMMEDIATE SUPERIOR [6 records]

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Alphabetical list of terms

Record 1 2015-12-30

English

Subject field(s)
  • Occupation Names (General)
  • Corporate Structure
  • Personnel and Job Evaluation
  • Administrative Structures (Publ. Admin.)
CONT

A first-line supervisor may have as a goal the production of a certain number of output units at a specified efficiency, quality and level of service.

Key term(s)
  • front line supervisor
  • first line supervisor
  • first level supervisor
  • next in line supervisor

French

Domaine(s)
  • Désignations des emplois (Généralités)
  • Structures de l'entreprise
  • Évaluation du personnel et des emplois
  • Structures de l'administration publique
CONT

Sauf lorsqu'un superviseur occupe seulement un poste de «chef de groupe» ou de «chef d'équipe», il revient habituellement en premier lieu au supérieur immédiat d'assurer le maintien de la discipline.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Nombramiento de cargos (Generalidades)
  • Estructura de la empresa
  • Evaluación del personal y los cargos
  • Estructuras de la administración pública
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Record 2 2015-02-25

English

Subject field(s)
  • Corporate Structure
  • Administrative Structures (Publ. Admin.)
DEF

An arborescent organizational structure characterized by a direct straight-line relationship of authority between upper and lower levels, a subordinate reporting solely to his immediate superior.

Key term(s)
  • scalar organisation
  • line organisation
  • hierarchical organisation

French

Domaine(s)
  • Structures de l'entreprise
  • Structures de l'administration publique
DEF

Organisation structurée selon la pyramide hiérarchique des supérieurs et des subordonnés.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Estructura de la empresa
  • Estructuras de la administración pública
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Record 3 2013-04-15

English

Subject field(s)
  • PAJLO
  • Property Law (common law)
CONT

Where a superior landlord distrains on a sub-lessee for rent due to him from the mesne lessee and the sub-lessee owes rent to his immediate lessor, the amount realized by the distress is a satisfaction "pro tanto" of the rent due by the sub-lessee to his landlord....(Williams’, 4th ed., 1973, p. 115).

French

Domaine(s)
  • PAJLO
  • Droit des biens et de la propriété (common law)
OBS

preneur intermédiaire : terme normalisé par le Comité de normalisation dans le cadre du Programme national de l'administration de la justice dans les deux langues officielles (PAJLO).

Spanish

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Record 4 2012-10-03

English

Subject field(s)
  • Systems Analysis (Information Processing)
  • Artificial Intelligence
DEF

A structure whose components are ranked into levels of subordination according to a specific set of rules.

CONT

A hierarchy is a description of an organization's structure. This particular structure allows members to communicate with other members in the structure, but they must always do this through their immediate superior. In turn, each superior may have to report directly to his superior, until the target member is under the authority of a superior with the message. See also Heterarchy.

OBS

hierarchy: term and definition standardized by the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE).

French

Domaine(s)
  • Analyse des systèmes informatiques
  • Intelligence artificielle
DEF

Organisation des éléments d'une machine, d'un fichier, d'un réseau en ensembles et sous-ensembles, les différents sous ensembles étant liés entre eux par une relation d'ordre stricte.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Análisis de los sistemas de informática
  • Inteligencia artificial
DEF

Rango u orden específico en forma de series graduadas por rango o jerarquía.

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Record 5 2011-05-10

English

Subject field(s)
  • Administrative Structures (Publ. Admin.)
CONT

When a superior authority delegates its powers, it does not cease to be the superior body nor is its authority given away permanently or unconditionally.

CONT

Management of conflict situations is vested in the immediate superior of the person who is in conflict(e. g., Department Chair, Dean) ;should a resolution not be possible at that level, the issue is referred to a higher authority.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Structures de l'administration publique
CONT

Lorsqu'une autorité supérieure délègue ses pouvoirs, elle ne cesse pas d'être l'instance supérieure et ne renonce pas à son pouvoir en permanence ou inconditionnellement.

Spanish

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Record 6 1976-06-19

English

Subject field(s)
  • Occupation Names (General)
  • Management Control

French

Domaine(s)
  • Désignations des emplois (Généralités)
  • Contrôle de gestion

Spanish

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