Qualification Framework/Professional Education/Management/MHRM/Principles of Management/Relations with in the Organization/Line and staff relation

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Line and staff authority relationships
Within the line a superior exercises direct supervision over a subordinate and it is a direct relationship. But the relationship of staff with the line is advisory in nature. The staff investigate, research, and give advice to the line managers. Please see a simple line-staff authority chart below:

In the above diagram the Legal Advisor is a staff personnel and the staff authority is represented by dotted lines is advisory in nature.