Question

The chain of command is:

(A) A legal term meaning a person can be held responsible for harming someone else
(B) The person in charge of the department for each shift
(C) The line of authority in a facility
(D) The department that a nursing assistant goes to if he wants to report a problem

Answer 1

Hierarchy of authority refers to the chain of command that places one individual or office in charge of another.

Step-by-step explanation:

Hierarchy of authority refers to the chain of command that places one individual or office in charge of another, who in turn must answer to her own superiors. For example, as an employee at Walmart, your shift manager assigns you tasks. Your shift manager answers to his store manager, who must answer to her regional manager, and so on, up to the CEO who must answer to the board members, who in turn answer to the stockholders. Everyone in this bureaucracy follows the chain of command.