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Fit for the Leadership Challenge
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Fit for the Leadership Challenge

by Casey J. Bedgood
November 2022
Intermediate to advanced
184 pages
3h 58m
English
Productivity Press
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Chapter 9 Leveraging Risk to Grow Organizational Hierarchy: Is It Value Added or a Waste of Resources?

DOI: 10.4324/9781003335108-10

The Importance of Hierarchy

What is an organizational hierarchy? The term ‘corporate hierarchy’ refers to the arrangement and organization of individuals within a corporation according to power, status and job function. In general, a hierarchy is any system or organization in which people or groups are ranked one above the other according to status or authority’ (1). In layman’s terms, leaders often use hierarchy in reference to reporting structures or organizational levels. The terminology varies based on industry and organization type.

Generally, there are several considerations to how organizations ...

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