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    (Alison Barnard) INTRODUCTION The entrepreneur in the case study was Alison Barnard. She is very interested in fashion and used the skills she learned while attending Babson’s business school to start her own retail store‚ which is focusing perfect-fitting pair of jeans on women. Barnard started her stores‚ 26 years old‚ which is located in Boston’s newest neighborhood‚ the North End‚ with more than 30 brands of jeans in order to accommodate many body look of her customers. When Barnard isn’t at

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    Chester Barnard and the Systems Approach to Nurturing Organizations Andrea Gabor Joseph T. Mahoney Baruch College‚ City University of New York University of Illinois at Urbana−Champaign‚ College of Business Abstract Chester Barnard was best known as the author of The Functions of the Executive‚ perhaps the 20thcentury’s most influential book on management and leadership. Barnard offers a systems approach to the study of organization‚ which contains a psychological theory of motivation

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    Authority Authority‚ power and legitimacy are perceived as fundamental elements of contemporary society for the sole reason that these are the defining features of a culture with political and social organisations and hierarchies. The term ‘authority’ is commonly misused by academics as a synonym for ‘power’ or ‘legitimacy’ which has led to confusion regarding the entire concept of authority. Authority is generally defined as a person (or group of people) who has the power or right to give orders

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    Authority People in charge are flawed human beings as well as the rest‚ so they do not always make the right moral decisions. Authority figures tend to make mistakes when choosing what actions to take when necessary‚ therefore their ideas should always be questioned. Hitler is a great example of someone who should have been questioned. Jack from Lord of the Flies is also another instance in which someone’s decision’s should be investigated. Even though someone is in charge‚ does not mean they always

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    AUTHORITYAuthority is that power which is exercised legitimately. All powers cannot be legitimate. Authority and legitimacy both depend on values‚ beliefs and attitude of the masses. Example of Authority: A robber who forces bank manager to handover cash on a gunpoint is not exercising “authority”. But when a police officer is controlling traffic and can use the threat of a fine or jail sentence‚ he is exercising authority. It is an investment in a legitimate form of power‚ it is profitable

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    Is it necessary to challenge authority? Without question‚ it is vital to challenge the ideas and decisions of people in positions of authority. If one does not question authority‚ the people of the so called “no in positions of authority” would become mindless slaves to tyrants and despots. World history‚ literature‚ and American History all exemplify the necessity of questioning authority. During ancient Greece in the 200 BCE’s‚ modern logical thinking began to see its birth. The man known for

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    ENTR510 CASE STUDY WEEK 2 The week 2 case study talks about the dream of Alison Barnard of opening up a business of boutique jeans. According to me the time will never come when we are fully experience to start up a business. In the light of her previous experience in 2005 Alison worked and trained in boutique. While Alison was at the boutique she had gone for fashion shows‚ learned about retail and has also learned the accounting part of business like about the pricing‚ enquiring about the orders

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    Authority Authority means the legitimate or acceptable use of power. “If an order given by a leader to a member of his group is accepted by the member and controls his activity in the group‚ then the order is said to carry authority” C.I Barnard Authority means the ability to control the behavior of others. Authority is a symbolic reality and it is the ability to influence person’s actions in a desired direction without resorting to force. The most important earthly influence in a person ’s life

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    The authority of an agent is the act which he is allowed or authorised to do by his principal‚ and which will bind his/her principal. Usually‚ the principal will only be bound by the act of the agent if the agent acts within his/her authority. There are two types of authority which an agent could rely on‚ namely actual authority and apparent or ostensible authority.  Actual authority is the authority given by the principal to the agent and could be in written or oral form. The capacity of an

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    “Obedience of soldiers to authority depicted in Saving Private Ryan novel by Max Allan Collins” 1.2 Field and Object of the study The field of study in this research is literature while the object of this research is novel entitled Saving Private Ryan by Max Allan Collins. This research focuses on how chosen soldiers who got order to save Ryan respond and obey the superior authority. Also‚ this research will apply sociological psychology of obedience criticism theory and use psychological approach

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