Information systems should be integrated with the business plan at all three layers of the management hierarchy.

But to climb the management hierarchy, they must eventually broaden their base and become competent in related specialized areas.

This applies all the way up the management hierarchy to the chief executive job itself '.

The terms are thereby used to describe the level at which decisions are taken in the management hierarchy.

There is a tendency for the management hierarchy to develop too many levels.

Authority often centralised, although the management hierarchy will be small and all managers should feel quite close to the decision-making process.

He said there was anger among the coaches, the players and the management hierarchy but added, "It's the wrong time to point fingers."

Mr. Jordan did not describe either the structure of the merged company or what its management hierarchy would be.

Employers are now beginning to comprehend the notion that an employee's needs may change depending on his or her place in the management hierarchy.

That is training the entire management hierarchy in how to manage for quality.