' Structures' have several dimensions, including rules and lines of command, divisions of labour, resources, responsibility and channels of communication.
Mr. Coquille said the company decided to go back and explain again basic management rules throughout the chain of command.
In a hierarchic system, people are constrained by a set of rules and a chain of command that keep them from expressing themselves freely.
Stead's what-Walmsley-says-goes defense is acceptable if you run a newsroom strictly under military-style "chain of command" rules, in which case, the editor-in-chief can truly can do whatever they want, and thereby overrule any decision they want.
At the time, female officers were stuck wearing their tightly tailored uniforms until they could no longer fit in them, at which point they improvised or followed the rules of their individual commands.
This is a tall agenda at both the national and the international levels, but it is the one that the rule of law commands.
But for a few moments I was profoundly aware that anything might have happened to us: there was no control, no "rules of engagement," no chain of command.
The U.S. government, too, must comply with international law by clarifying its chain of command and rules of engagement for the use of drones and ensuring proper accountability for civilian casualties.
Other concerns raised with respect to the use of PSCs are some of the practical operational concerns, including "command and control, rules of engagement, use of deadly force, weapons security, [and] intra port/ship transfer of weapons and guards".
The best you can say is that in an administration with a reputation for clear lines of command and clear rules of engagement, the vagueness and incompetence are the most striking features.
