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completed staff work

completed staff work noun: work product, as a presentation of a solution to a problem, produced without input from one's superior, other than possibly setting the problem, that is complete to the point of only needing approval or disapproval from one's superior or other decision-makers.

Noun

completed staff work (uncountable)

  1. Work product, as a presentation of a solution to a problem, produced without input from one's superior, other than possibly setting the problem, that is complete to the point of only needing approval or disapproval from one's superior or other decision-makers.
    • Writing a memorandum to the chief does not constitute completed staff work, but writing a memorandum for the chief to send to someone else does.1953, United States. Air Force ROTC, Air Science: Fundamentals of global geography, page 40
    • Participative management requires much completed staff work.1998, William O. Umiker, Management Skills for the New Health Care Supervisor, page 341

Examples of completed staff work in a sentence

  • In addition to relieving managers of much planning work, application of the concept of completed staff work helps to develop staff personnel in ways that make them more useful to the organization.2009, William M. Fox, The Management Process: An Integrated Functional Approach, page 344:
  • provide those people charged to do completed staff work with as much time, resource, and access as possible.2009, Stephen R. Covey, Principle-Centered Leadership, page 241:

Questions about completed staff work

What does completed staff work mean?
Completed staff work means work product, as a presentation of a solution to a problem, produced without input from one's superior, other than possibly setting the problem, that is complete to the point of only needing approval or disapproval from one's superior or other decision-makers.
How do you use completed staff work in a sentence?
In addition to relieving managers of much planning work, application of the concept of completed staff work helps to develop staff personnel in ways that make them more useful to the organization.
What part of speech is completed staff work?
Completed staff work is a noun.

Words near completed staff work in the dictionary

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  5. completed
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  8. completedly
  9. completedness
  10. completedst
  11. completely

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