superhierarchy
nounEtymology From super- + hierarchy.
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A higher or superior hierarchy.
- What happens to Australian wool or Bolivian tin has profound and immediate repercussions in New York, London, and Des Moines. The world is becoming more and more a galaxy of economic superhierarchies which coordinate local subhierarchies.1953, John M. Pfiffner, Public Administration, The Ronald Press Company, page 402:
- Now, Ben says there is a need to develop a superhierarchy of good management.1965, Simulation, Volume 5, SAGE Publications, page 74:
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- Thus, when several bureaucracies coexist (governmental, academic, ecclesiastic) in the absence of a superhierarchy to coordinate their interactions, the whole set of institutions will tend to form a meshwork of hierarchies, articulated mostly through local and temporary links.1998, The Virtual Dimension: Architecture, Representation, and Crash Culture, Princeton Architectural Press, →ISBN, page 280:
- Related terms
- subhierarchy