direct report
noun[C]
WORKPLACE,MANAGEMENTukusanemployeewhosepositionatworkisdirectlybelow that of anotherperson, and who ismanagedby thatperson:
She has adozendirectreports, butmanagesmany morepeople.
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direct report
Example (10e), a type extremely common in journalism, contains adirectreportembedded within an indirect report.
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Future studies combining objective measures of peer deviance such as observational measures of peer behavior, ordirectreportby peers! may help to disentangle these possibilities.
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It is a very clear, readable anddirectreport.
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Hansard archive
Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0
Goldsmith was a pioneer in the use of customized 360-degree feedback (confidential feedback from direct reports, peers and managers) as a leadership development tool.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Managerial functions can also include management of an essential function of the organization, the beneficiary does not necessarily have a large number of direct reports.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Their research showed that direct reports are the least reliable and, therefore, more participation is required to produce a reliable result.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Only segments that clearly included direct reported speech, marked by intonation pattern or exaggerated pronunciation, were subcategorized in this way.
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They are used to introduce direct reported speech.
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Reporting on talk : the use of direct reported speech in conversation.
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Do you anticipate that he will give direct reports to the relevant parliamentary committee on a regular basis?
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