Innovation has been sorely lacking, and the hierarchical structure at HP needs to be changed.

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And they are held accountable to those above them in the hierarchical structure of greed.

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He argued these high-profile desertions would shake the hierarchical structure of the groups and weaken the scene from within.

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Some of the organised crime groups starting to use the net had the same rigid, hierarchical structure seen in offline gangs.

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The columnar data warehouse enables information access according to workflow needs rather than the hierarchical structure of the organization, increasing employee productivity and effectiveness.

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In a nutshell, the problems were efficiency and scale, and the solution was bureaucracy, with its hierarchical structure, cascading goals, precise role definitions, and elaborate rules and procedures.

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Likewise, the bill proposes a more hierarchical structure for prosecutors.

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Evangelical Protestant churches, which have a less hierarchical structure and appeal more directly to poor people, have been making great inroads not only in Argentina but in many other countries in the region.

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In the fast-moving consumer space, this type of team only happens when people are pulled out of the traditional hierarchical management structure.

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So, to cut to the logical chase, what you have is a many-to-many mapping with a hierarchical (family tree) structure.

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