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Unit 2: Library Authority and Communities

Empowerment: A management practice of sharing information, rewards, and power with Notes
employees so that they can take initiative and make decisions to solve problems and improve
service and performance.
Line Authority: Line authority power to give orders to subordinates. Line managers are
responsible for attaining the organization’s goals as efficiently as possible. Production and sales
managers typically exercise line authority.
Staff Authority: Staff authority is the power to give advice, support, and service to line
departments.

2.10 Review Questions

1. Explain the sources of formal authorities.

2. Discuss the difference between authority and power.
3. Explain the use of authority.
4. Explain the responsibility in authority.
5. Describe the line and staff authority.

6. Discuss the delegation of authority.
7. Explain the State and Local library authority.
8. Discuss the centralization and decentralization in authority.
9. What do you understand by the autonomous work teams?

10. List the principles of Delegation of Authority.

Answers: Self Assessment

1. Legitimate 2. Supervisor
3. competence authority 4. Power
5. downwards 6. Delegated

7. social 8. staff personnel
9. Staff 10. Subordinates
11. Scalar 12. library governance
13. power 14. False
15. True

2.11 Further Readings

Books C.K. Sharma, Kiran Singh. 01-Jan-2005. Library Management (Vol 1), Atlantic
Publishers & Distributors.
D.K. Pandey. Jan, 2004. Library and Information Science, Atlantic Publishers &
Distributors.

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