A company may form binding contracts with another company through individuals (agents) that are capable of acting for a company under General and Statutory Law. That is‚ the principles of the law of agency are applied to the agent to determine the binding nature of the contract. All references to sections are sections of the Corporations Act 2001 (Cth)‚ unless indicated otherwise. Agency & Principal Relationship The agent represents the principal (company) by acting for a company to enter a
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Warren and Rehnquist and the Effects of Major Court Cases on the Law Enforcement of Today Have you thought about how much the Supreme Court decisions really affect your life and what we do on a daily basis or how important these decisions are to our civil liberties? Earl Warren and William Rehnquist are two of the most well knows Supreme Court Chief Justices. Each having different opinions on the importance’s of civil liberties and public order maintenance. Many of the court cases that
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Disobedience To Authority Disobedience has alway been thought as a sin. Is this always the case? Sin has always been associated with disobedience‚ but try to think of it from a different perspective. Disobeying authority allows for a change in freedoms‚ and these changes cause a change in the populous‚ as well as a change in the authority that we are disobeying. If it can do all of these things‚ then is it really a bad form of communication to authority? In my opinion it is not because sometimes
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experiment’s result shocked the world. The Stanford Prison Experiment (SPE) has indicated the significant power of roles‚ or situations‚ on human behaviors; thus‚ brings about many influences on society. According to Zimbardo in “ Obedience to Authority‚” he asked the students during the spring term to reverse role and lecture him a topic that would interest him. One group of students‚ led by David Jeffe‚ decided to do a lecture on the psychology of imprisonment‚ and they spent the weekend before
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AUTHORITY‚ ACCOUNTABILITY & RESPONSIBILITY By Yusop B. Masdal I. INTRODUCTION Delegation (or deputation) is the assignment of authority and responsibility to another person (normally from a manager to a subordinate) to carry out specific activities (Blair‚ gerald 2002). However the person who delegated the work remains accountable for the outcome of the delegated work. Delegation empowers a subordinate to make decisions‚ i.e. it is a shift of decision-making authority from one organizational
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Authority/Power/Politics Authority What is Authority The word authority derives from the Latin word auctoritas meaning invention‚ advice‚ opinion‚ influence or commands which originate from an auctor‚ indicating that authority originates from a master‚ leader or author. Essentially authority is imposed by superiors upon inferiors either by force of arms (structural authority) or by force of argument (sapiential authority). Usually authority has components of both compulsion and persuasion
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Delegation of authority The action by which a commander assigns part of his or her authority commensurate with the assigned task to a subordinate commander. While ultimate responsibility cannot be relinquished‚ delegation of authority carries with it the imposition of a measure of responsibility. The extent of the authority delegated must be clearly stated. Delegating It is impractical for the supervisor to handle all of the work of the department directly. In order to meet the organization’s
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the resolution “We should question authority” the following parts are vague: “we”‚ “question” and “authority”. By we I mean all people‚ by question I mean to think rationally about it and by authority I mean anybody who has to power to give us orders. Unfortunately in everyday live a lot of people follow orders blindly leading to dangerous situations. 3. Therefore I made the following case: “We should think rationally before following orders from the authority”. Points: 1st point 1. My first
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DIRECTING Definition- it’s the interpersonal aspect of managing by which subordinates are led to understand and contribute effectively and efficiently to the attainment of enterprise objectives. A good leader evokes zeal and confidence in subordinates. Without this quality the enterprise may be superbly organized and staffed and many have excellent plans but its performance may be mediocre. The human factor Organizations are set up with complements of the productive factors i.e. material
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Argument from authority The basic structure of such arguments is as follows: Professor X believes A‚ Professor X speaks from authority‚ therefore A is true. Often this argument is implied by emphasizing the many years of experience‚ or the formal degrees held by the individual making a specific claim. The converse of this argument is sometimes used‚ that someone does not possess authority‚ and therefore their claims must be false. (This may also be considered an ad-hominen logical fallacy – see
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