CHARACTERISTICS OF AUTHORITY

1.It can be delegated

2.It is used to achieve organizational goals.

3.It gives right of decision making and to get the decision carried out

4.It is a key to managerial function

5.It is attached with position, is legal, legitimate and formal.

6.It is a relationship between two individual

7.A subordinate obeys the superior by virtue of his authority

8.Gives power to superior

9.It is not unlimited, limits are defined in advance

RESPONSIBILITY

►Authority brings responsibility.

►When authority is given to manager, he possess responsibility

Definitions: “It is a duty to which a person is bound by reason of his status or task”

“It is a obligation/requirement of a subordinate to whom duty has been assigned to perform”

“It is the duties and activities assigned to a position or to an executive”

“It is the obligation/requirement of a subordinate to perform the duty as required by his superior”

1.It can not exist without authority and vice versa

2.It originates from superior-subordinate relationship

3.It is absolute and can not be delegated

4.He who holds the responsibility, is accountable to his superiors

5.It is an obligation of a subordinate to perform duty assigned to him

6.It is a derivative of authority

7.It flows upward while authority flows downward

8.Authority arises out of responsibility and then they go together. Authority gives responsibility which, in turn, creates accountability