Meaning,features and importance of the concept of hierarchy
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Definition, Nature and Origin:
Hierarchy means a gradation of social positions or status. It implies structural or fixed inequality in which position is unconnected with individual ability. This is the exact meaning of hierarchy employed or used in public administration. In many organisations the principle of hierarchy is employed for the better or efficient management of organisation. Some executives or administrationists call organisation an idea and in this system hierarchy is also an idea.
Let us quote few words from Earl Latham’s article published in Waldo’s -Ideas and Issues of Public Administration—organisation is an idea, if so what is hierarchy? It is also a it idea, it is the idea men have about whom they follow and whom they lead-Hierarchy or Hieratics. In an organisation there are different types and grades of work or responsibility and all the employees of the management are not eligible for all posts or works.