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Principles and Practices of Management

Notes 8. Is balancing a wrong choice made by authorities?
9. What will happen if the boss holding the referent power does hold the positive image?
10. Give examples of external authority. In which situation will they become legal rational
authority?
11. What is more beneficial for an organisation – a charismatic authority or a technical authority
and why?

12. What do you think leads to the other – authority/power and why?
Answers: Self Assessment

1. subordinate 2. decision making
3. superior 4. Coercive
5. Technical 6. obedience
7. Traditional 8. Under-delegation

9. Charisma 10. Legitimate

9.9 Further Readings

Books Elhance D.N. and Agarwal R.D., Delegation of Authority, Bombay, Progressive, 138,
1975.

Kakar S, Authority Pattern and Subordinate Behaviour in Indian Organisations,
Administrative Science Quarterly, September, 1971.
Lotia Chandrakant, Management Problems of Public Sector in India, Bombay,
Manaktalas, P: 60, 1967.
Manjula V Malimath, Dynamics of Power in Organisational Effectiveness, Manak
Publications.
Mintzberg, Henry, The Structuring of Organisations, Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey:
Prentice-Hall, Incorporated, 1979.

Peters, Thomas J., and Waterman, Robert H. Jr., In Search of Excellence: Lessons from
America's Best-Run Companies, New York: Harper & Row Publishers, 1982.

Online links http://ezinearticles.com/?Authority-Vs-Power&id=3784778
http://humanresources.about.com/cs/manageperformance/a/delegation.htm
http://www.mindtools.com/pages/article/newLDR_98.htm

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