In many articles, books, journals, seminars etc, managers are provided with new ideas but can we accurately tell where those words like Authority, Empowerment and Coordination truly point. How they can be put into practice? In this essay I attempt to define what the above mentions terms should be assessed as.
Authority's definition is the power to make decision, which guides/supervises the actions of another, in other words, a typical relationship between superiors and subordinates. The superior one constructs and corresponds the orders to the subordinate, with the expectations of its fulfillment within a given period of time. Therefore authorities are purely based on behavioral views, the superiors behavior for the subordinate is looked upon as a single decision for which for him or her there is no alternative but the accept it, this is somewhat a patterned behavior.
Furthermore, one of the most visible aspect of a subordinate is the willingness to accept the decision made by the superior. …
