Managers now work more often with peers where lines of authority aren't clear or don't exist.

现在，管理人员更多是在跟“同事”打交道，上下级的界限并不明显，或者根本就不存在。

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We talked about setting standards, establishing procedures, creating lines of authority and taking responsibility.

我们谈到了建立行政标准，建立工作程序，形成权力制约和责任的问题。

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The achievement of decisions in a timely fashion depends in part upon clear, well-established lines of authority and a clear statement of who decides.

及时地作出决策，部分地依赖于清楚的、构建良好的权力线，和谁应该作出决策的清晰表述。

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But Williams began to take on many of the duties of campaign manager, and the lines of authority blurred -- senior advisers went to Williams for guidance, while the junior team was reporting to Doyle.

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But the administration clearly needs to establish clearer lines of authority for what goes on in the Gulf, and the government must proceed to take every action it can to ensure that the other oil companies, along with BP, put their money where their mouth is and ensure as far as humanly possible that a disaster like this one does not occur again.

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The Treasury resisted the temptation to propose a single super-regulator along the lines of Britain's Financial Services Authority, leaving itself open to criticism that turf wars will persist.

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