Although the document referred to in this thread specifies that the language of the JAA (and heirs and successors) will be English, there are a few minor references that get lost in the translation. It is quite possible that you Airbus types are wholly familiar with organigrammes, and it is just me!
Organigramme (French) definition; organigramme = flow chart *[noun-masculine]
I suppose an example application might be something like:
" Bonjour (Selamat Pagi) Monsiuer Mouton-Noir. Quell position votre dans
le organigramme?"
Your note on the demise/exponential growth of the Colonial office is extremely relevant. With the granting of independence to the various colonies, there was truly one aspect of Colonial government that the emerging nations adopted as their own and have susequently mastered beyond compare.
Beauracracies and Beauracrats! <img src="smile.gif" border="0">
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