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Accountability and Responsibility: Line Management Link

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Tullio Boni Spain
Is it a workable arrangement to have, in a RACI, Responsible persons with no hierarchical or line management link to the Accountable persons?
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Sergio Luis Conte Helping to create solutions for everyone| Worldwide based Organizations Buenos Aires, Argentina
The RACI do not show links.
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Stéphane Parent Self Employed / Semi-retired| Leader Maker Prince Edward Island, Canada
Not unless the accountable person can control the person who has been delegated the responsibility.
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Tullio Boni Spain
Thanks for your replies.
RACI do not show links, but the links should be there in the organisational structure, The question is: can the responsible person and the accountable person be without any type of "hierachical" link in the organisational structure?
I would agree with Stephane, Accountability for a project must come with some "knobs" that the accountable person may use to control the responsible persons. In other words, some hierarchical link MUST be present.
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Sergio Luis Conte Helping to create solutions for everyone| Worldwide based Organizations Buenos Aires, Argentina
Not at all. No hieratchical link must be present
An remember each Project could have its owm hieratchical stricture showed inside the OBS

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