AUTHORITY‚ DELEGATION AND DECENTRALISATION What is an authority? Authority is the cement of organisation structure in which various units of organisation are integrated. Without authority a manager cesses to be a manager. It is the authority that gives managers power to act. Authority is glue that holds organisation together. It is impossible to have an organisation unless some persons have the authority to command action of others. The word Authority is derived from the Latin word “auctoritas”
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the Research The title of this research is “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
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FUNCTIONAL AUTHORITY: Functional authority consists of the right to give orders within a segment of the organization in which this right is normally non existent. This authority is usually assigned to individuals to complement the line or staff authority they already possess. Functional Authority generally covers only specific task areas and is operational only for designated amounts of time. It is given to individuals who‚ in order to meet responsibilities in their own areas‚ must be able to exercise
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Weber’s Typology of Authority Max Weber‚ who is also know as one of the principal architect of modern social science‚ also has the distinct honor of being one of the foremost social theorist in the 20th century (Kim‚ 2007). Weber argued that all oppressive structures and all uses of power must exist within a legitimated order which is based on a complex mixture of two kinds of legitimating factors: subjective and objective (Allan‚ 2005‚ p. 151). Underlying the subjective and objective legitimacy
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with Pro Golf Company. An agent’s authority can be either actual or apparent. Actual authority comes in two forms express and/or implied. On page 918‚ it states that express authority is actual authority the principal has manifested onto the agent in very specific or detailed language and the agent has implied authority to act in a manner in which he believes the principal wants him to act. Apparent authority‚ on the other hand‚ is when an agent lacks actual authority‚ however‚ due to the principal’s
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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 and Leadership Paper Student’s Name Affiliation Authority and Leadership Introduction Leader is responsibility that comes with a set of advantages and disadvantages (Frenz‚ 2013). In some careers the advantages of leadership override the disadvantage however in others the disadvantages outweigh the advantages. The office of leadership is normally charged will a given level of responsibility. As a result it is common practice for a leader to influence the productivity of
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Obedience to Authority No human social organization can function without some degree of obedience to authority‚ as the alternative would be anarchy leading to total chaos. Hence we find some sort of a hierarchy in both the most underdeveloped and the most civilized societies where certain individuals exercise authority over others. Almost everyone will agree that some degree of authority in certain individuals or groups (and their obedience by other groups) is desirable for the proper
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1986) 2. AUTHORITY According to Henry Fayol authority is the right given to a manager or director to achieve the objectives of an organization‚ it is the right to get things done through others. The right to give orders to the subordinates and to get obedience them because managers cannot do their work without authority‚ it is the right to give orders and power to exact obedience INTRODUCTION This essay seeks to compare and contrast power and authority. As already
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It’s a well-accepted‚ and known fact that the term of the originator of the text ‘author’ and the term ‘authority’ both has a common root; this of course‚ should alert us immediately to the fact that this does not simply means a description of the person who is known to be restricted to producing a literary work‚ or writings‚ in older usage‚ the term ‘author’ had a broader meaning of ‘maker’‚ this usage means that we are all considered ‘makers’ and ‘authors of our own lives‚ the author then‚ is
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