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LINE (3)
LINE (3)
ScnMaster
the
route
along which particles travel between one
terminal
and the next in an
organization
; a
fixed
pattern of
terminals
who
originate
and receive or receive and
relay
orders,
information
or other particles. A
line
can be vertical such as a
command line
where
authority
and
power
of
position
increases the higher up one goes, or a
line
can be horizontal where each
terminal
on the
line
shares a
similar
status.
See also
terminal
in this glossary.
—How To Live Though an
Executive
.
Final
approval 31.10.89