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line manager

a manager who has direct AUTHORITY over other employees in the ORGANIZATION. They exercise authority down the CHAIN OF COMMAND shown in the ORGANIZATION CHART. Often the term is used to denote those managers who have direct authority over production or clerical employees at the base of the organization. See LINE AND STAFF, MANAGEMENT.
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Brewster and Larsen (1992), Hoogn-doorn and Brewster (1992), Brewster and Soderstrom (1994) present evidence that HR role is increasingly assigned to line managers and that the extent of such assignment varies from country to country.
Line management responsibility in HRM: an empirical study
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Senior sales executives say they are awaiting official notification of the closure but area line managers have been asked to inform their sales teams of the news.
FEARS FOR 300 JOBS AT SPEKE
Senior sales executives say they are awaiting official notification of the closure, but area line managers have been asked to inform their sales teams of the news.
Fears for 300 jobs
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A major factor blamed for contributing to this increasing trend is that many companies over-rely on structured ways to talk to staff, such as magazines and intranet sites, rather than face-to-face chats, and do not make best use of one of their most important communications assets - the line manager.
MANAGING . . . ANY OLD HOW; Over-reliance on structured ways of communicating is leading to demotivated, cynical staff, says expert

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