The phrase "authoritative staff" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to refer to a group of individuals who have the power or authority to make decisions or provide guidance within an organization.
Example: "The project was approved by the authoritative staff, ensuring that all necessary protocols were followed."
Alternatives: "authoritative personnel" or "decision-making team".
Too frequently, however, according to participants (CP), it is exacerbated either by neglect or by the 'paternalistic mentality' and authoritative approach of the responsible staff.
Members of Senator Christopher Dodd's office staff claim a more authoritative count will help the senator increase federal funds for Lyme disease-related programming.
"I just had a great meeting with the editorial and business staffs!" he said, with authoritative enthusiasm.
The Chicago Manual is probably the best known of its ilk in America, and many people therefore write in hoping that its staff will hand down the authoritative answer to any usage and style question, no matter how trivial.
They should welcome these authoritative observations on deterrence by the chief of the defence staff".
In The Book of Bond (1965), former British Secret Service Chief of Staff William Tanner offers what he calls a complete and authoritative guide to 007-ly thought, conversation and behavior.
The remaining two FGDs were conducted by RS, a trained researcher who was not an academic staff, and would therefore not be seen as an authoritative figure by participants.
Internal and authoritative sources say there will soon be a big announcement about international cuts to staffing across Europe, and the staff themselves are either running for the door or sitting in frightened silence.
Sites like CNET Reviews and blogs like CrunchGear pay their staff to review the latest gadgets and give you an authoritative, and hopefully unbiased, opinion on what tech toys make the grade.
After years of painstaking work at a cost of an estimated $40 million, the Senate Intelligence Committee's Democratic staff is finally ready to release what they view as the most authoritative, in-depth and comprehensive study about the CIA's former program of enhanced interrogations.
