Thursday, December 2, 2010

LINE & STAFF ORGANIZATION OF A TYPICAL MANUFACTURING COMPANY

LINE & STAFF ORGANIZATION OF A TYPICAL MANUFACTURING COMPANY
Reviewed by Hammad Naziron Apr 01 2013
Rating: 5
NATURE OF LINE & STAFF CONCEPT

Line authority gives a superior a line of a authority over a subordinate. Line authority

is that relationship in which superior exercises direct supervision over a subordinate.

On the other hand the nature of the staff relationship is advisory. The function of a

person in staff capacity is to investigate research and give advice to line manager.

BENEFITS OF STAFF

1. Provide highly specialized knowledge indifferent areas, i-e- economics,

technical, legal etc.

2. Specialist staff avails lines to analysis collected data and make advice for

managers.

3. Staff analysis and advices help in resolving prob

lems arrised during process

WEAKNESSES OF STAFF

1. Danger of understanding line authority.

2. Lake of staff responsibility.

3. Thinking in a vacuum

4. Managerial problems.

 

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