(the organization of people at different ranks in an administrative body)
1. If you want to know the pecking order of the various departments in Britain's universities, try looking at the shareout of the 312 new academic posts announced by the Department of Education and Science last week. BNC
2. There`s a clearly established pecking order in this office. CIDoI
3. In the same way, the rest of the family must be equally firm, thus establishing the pecking order. BNC