Hi HR Sanchita
As rightly pointed out by Saswata Banerjee, in most Cos., Employees/Officers in Intra Dept. gets respect depending upon the Reporting line or Heirarchical Order i.e, where each Dept. like Production, Finance, HR&A, Sales, Marketing etc., headed by GM, DGM, AGM, Sr.Mgr, Mgr, Officer, Supervisor etc., the HOD of each Dept. gets respect than his subordinates in his Dept. vis-a-vis other Dept., It goes with the Organisation & Dept. Reporting Structure.
There will be HOD for each Dept & below him the subordinates. In a Dept. of Sales, the Sales team leader could be the HOD whereas; in a HR&A Dept, it may GM or Manager HR&A who will be HOD whereas the Executive will be only under them.
The Role of HR Dept. should not lead to competition. In case of any such over-stepping of roles, the HOD takes the initiative to restore orderly working as per Organisation Reporting chart in the interest of working of all Dept. which is essential for successful working of all HR.
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