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ADJOINT HIERARCHIQUE [1 record]

Record 1 1990-06-12

English

Subject field(s)
  • Occupation Names (General)
  • Corporate Management (General)
  • Corporate Structure
OBS

An individual who gives advice and service to one principal in all aspects of his or her work and assumes part of or all the authority of that principal on specific delegation. Other employees ordinarily go through the line assistant to get to the principal. When subordinates or other employees go directly to the line assistant and he or she makes decisions for which he or she is held accountable, the line assistant is then called assistant manager, assistant director, assistant publisher, and the like.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Désignations des emplois (Généralités)
  • Gestion de l'entreprise (Généralités)
  • Structures de l'entreprise
DEF

Personne chargée d'assister un gestionnaire dans son travail, qui exerce le rôle d'intermédiaire entre celui-ci et ses subordonnés, et à qui il délègue une partie de son autorité.

Spanish

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