completed staff work
Word Rarity
Uncommon
Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.58 in modern English
38
Scrabble Score
18
Letters
4
Syllables
14
Unique Chars
Meaning
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.
Uncountable
Example Sentences
- "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."
- "Participative management requires much completed staff work."
- "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."
- "provide those people charged to do completed staff work with as much time, resource, and access as possible."