Think about the organisation structure of any company and there is aways a hierarchy of some description. The Managing Director is above the Divisional Managers; these are above the Departmental Managers, who are above the workers. In some cultures, the emphasis on status within a company is extremely important. Take Japan as an example. Businesses in Japan tend to have a more vertical structure than companies in the West, where status and position play a less important role in working relations hips. In a Japanese company behaviour and language are modified according to the job opsitoin of the person you are talking to. However, Japanese organisation give a lot of importance to group goals and every eprson tries to do what is best for the common good.