required enabling individuals to perform tasks for which they are responsible.Definition of authority: the power to influence or command thought, opinion, or behavior.

It based on the legal-rational concept of traditional bureaucratic theory.

a. resides at the top of the organization

b. Delegated to lower levels

c. Legitimate authority: a tradition of bureaucratic theory which holds that obedience is owed not to a person but to the office; authority, therefore, resides in the office.

And finally you must know that, the presence of numerous power sources in an organization may negate or magnify formal authority.

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