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- the right to act or command. People willingly obey a person in authority, because they believe he or she has a legitimate entitlement to exercise power. Max Weber distinguishes three...
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- EDITIONS AND TRANSLATIONS: Bodnar, Edward William and Clive Foss, eds. and trans. Later Travels. The I Tatti Renaissance Library 10. Cambridge, MA and London: Harvard University Press, 2003. xxii + 459 pp. + 10 b/w pls. index. illus. map. bibl. $29.95. ISBN: 0-674-00758-1. Chappuys, Gabriel. Les Facetieuses Journees....
- Research articles 2004-06-22
- Burn Your Org Chart
- The organizational chart can be a valuable tool for establishing authority and responsibility within a company. But Ed Muzio, CEO of Group Harmonics, explains why it doesn't reflect the real world.
- Videos 2009-10-19
- Condemnation Appraisals
- Harris County Condemnation appraisals differ in many ways from typical Harris County market value assignments. Condemnation appraisals are typically required when a condemning authority seeks to acquire real estate. The condemning authority is typically a governmental or quasi-governmental entity. While condemning authorities have an absolute right to take property, they...
- White papers 2007-12-01
- Delegating Work And Responsibility
- Delegating work, responsibility, and authority is difficult in a company because it means letting others make decisions which involve spending the owner-manager's money. At a minimum, you should delegate enough authority to get the work done, to allow assistants to take initiative, and to keep the operation moving in your...
- White papers 2009-01-01
- Skills Required In Delegating Authority
- Managers get things done through other people. Effective managers need to understand how to delegate. Delegation is the assignment of authority to another person to carry out specific duties. It allows an employee to make decisions. Delegation should not be confused with participation. In participative decision making, there's a sharing...
- White papers 2007-05-20
- Confronting Your Boss |Dodging Landmines
- When your boss keeps you in the dark or goes around you, you may feel like your competence is being challenged. Tanya Goodwin-Maslach, Executive Coach at Elevati Inc, suggests inviting your boss off-site to talk in an informal place. She explains how to use the G.R.O.W. model to ease your...
- Videos 2009-02-26
- Confronting a Manager who Undercuts your Authority |Dodging Landmines
- Ed Muzio, CEO of Group Harmonics, says to approach your manager in private with a specific incident and then turn the conversation into a discussion about how decision-making should work around the office. Although your manager has the ability to fire you, if you let the behavior turn into a...
- Videos 2009-05-04
- Today's 'Liquid' Nature of Global Advertising
- Over the last 40 years advertising has evolved from the one-way, advertiser-to-recipient model to today's age of interactive relationship marketing. What lies ahead for this dynamic industry? At Harvard Business School's Centennial Business Summit, a panel of experts saw advertising continuing to evolve in very dramatic ways....
- Blog posts 2009-05-13
- Talk to Gatekeepers with Authority
- Four rules for using your voice to get an admin to put you through. by Geoffrey James
- Blog posts 2009-11-06
- Ten Tips On Speaking With Authority And Power
- No matter how good you are as a presenter, there will be times when you need to make sure you exude power and authority. If you are 'The boss' and want to be certain the staff will do your bidding you will need to come across with power and authority....
- White papers
- Homeland Security Department: FY2006 Appropriations
- The President's budget request for FY2006 was submitted to Congress on February 7, 2005. The Administration is requesting a net appropriation of $30.6 billion in net budget authority for FY2006, of which $29.6 billion is discretionary budget authority, and $1 billion is mandatory budget authority. Both the House passed and...
- White papers 2005-06-29
- Pay Czar Says Authority Should Not Be Expanded
- WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Obama administration's executive pay czar said his authority should not be expanded beyond setting compensation guidelines for seven banks and automakers that have received extraordinary taxpayer bailouts.Kenneth Feinberg, the U.S. Treasury bailout program's special master for compensation, told lawmakers in prepared testimony scheduled for delivery on...
- News items 2009-10-27
- High Road Partnerships Case Studies: Steel Valley Authority
- The Steel Valley Authority SVA is a unique public authority created by union, community, and religious leaders. It works to retain and expand the base of manufacturing jobs and to revitalize communities in western Pennsylvania. The SVA intervenes with companies in crisis to identify the best means of retaining jobs....
- Case studies 2003-01-01
- A Debate on Moral Authority: What It Is, What It Isn't
- The article talks about Moral authority. It may be that in which one puts his highest trust. The market is in some ways our God. Like a god, the market makes something out of nothing and has the power to transform. Talking about market it says that the downside of...
- White papers 2002-04-22
- Leapfrog Is Not Just for Kids Anymore!
- The influencers are usually those who use the product or gain a direct benefit from someone else using the product or service. In most cases, salespeople find themselves speaking to influencers more often than not. Decision makers are the people that hold the authority to make "yes" decisions. The article...
- White papers 2003-01-01
- How To Negotiate When The Other Person Tells You That They Don't Have The Authority To Decide
- One of the most frustrating situations a person can run into is trying to negotiate with the person who claims that he or she doesn't have the authority to make a final decision. Unless he realizes that this is simply a negotiating tactic that's being used on a person, he...
- White papers 2003-01-01
- Matrix Warfare: The New Face Of Competition And Conflict In The 21st Century
- From the executive summary: ‘A matrix organization is not neatly hierarchical. Horizontal and vertical authority and responsibility are task organized to meet the occasion. While a central authority or group provides strategic direction and certain resources, close coordination is not essential. All key members are indoctrinated so that should central...
- White papers 2003-01-01
- Flight Control Using Distributed Shape-Change Effector Arrays
- This research demonstrates the design and use of shape-change device arrays for a tailless aircraft in a low-rate maneuvering application. A methodology for assessing the control authority of the device arrays is described, and a suite of arrays is used in a dynamic simulation to illustrate allocation and deployment methodologies....
- White papers 2000-04-20
- Does the Punishment Fit the Crime?
- This paper reviews briefly the range of sanctions available to federal regulators under the federal Bank Secrecy Act and anti-money laundering criminal statues and the role of state authorities vis-à-vis such laws and similar state statutory provisions. It reviews additional authorities available to federal and state authorities under other statutory...
- White papers 2004-08-01
- Why The Fed Should Oversee the Entire Financial System
- Editor's Note: Economist Mark Thoma is guest-blogging for the Macro View this week. Senator Christopher Dodd of Connecticut, head of the Senate Banking Committee, is now preparing legislation to reform the financial system by creating a single regulator to oversee the financial system. Since this legislation...
- Blog posts 2009-09-21
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