Authority, Delegation

of Authority,
Centralization &
Decentralization of
Authority.

Name : Uzair Khan

Roll No : F/14/B18
CLASS : BBA-VIII
Subject : Leadership & Group Dynamics
SUBMITTED TO: Mazhar Sir
Authority:
The authorities are the people who have the power to make
decisions and to make sure that laws are obeyed.

An authority is official organization or

government department that has the power to make decisions.
Authority is the right to command and control other people.
If someone has authority, they have a quality which makes other
people take notice of what they say.
Authority is official permission to do something.
Someone who is an authority on a
particular subject knows a lot about it.
the power or right to control, judge, or prohibit the actions of
others.
such a power or right delegated, esp from one person to another;
authorization.
the ability to influence or control others.
judicial decision, statute,
or rule of law that establishes a principle; precedent.
legal permission granted to a person to perform a specified act.

Delegation of Authority:
Meaning of Delegation:
The process of delegation starts from the chief executive of an
organization who has the total responsibility for the achievement
of goals. In order to share the responsibility of accomplishing
goals, he further delegates the work to his subordinates.

These subordinates, finding the work assigned to them by their

superior exceeds their “Span of Control” assign a portion of their
works to their own subordinates. This process continues till all the
tasks and activities are assigned to those who have the
appropriate physical, psychological and professional abilities to
do it.
Delegation is the downward transfer of formal authority from one
person to another. Superiors delegate authority to subordinates to
facilitate the accomplishment of the assigned work. According to
Koontz and O’Donnell, “The entire process of delegation involves
the determination of results expected, the assignment of tasks, the
delegation of authority for accomplishment of these tasks, and the
exaction of responsibility for their accomplishment.”

Delegation of Authority
Definition: The Delegation of Authority is an organizational process
wherein, the manager divides his work among the subordinates and give
them the responsibility to accomplish the respective tasks. Along with
the responsibility, he also shares the authority, i.e. the power to take
decisions with the subordinates, such that responsibilities can be
completed efficiently.
Centralization and De-Centralization of
the Authority?
Centralization Of Authority
After the delegation of the authority, the delegation of the decision
making is obtained and consequently after this, the acts for the
implementation are very much required. So it can be said that the
authority for taking the decisions can be spread with the help of
the delegation of the authority.
The centralization of the authority can be done with – in a few
seconds, if complete concentration is given on the decision
making at any position. This concept is generally referred to as the
centralization of the authority. The centralization can be done
with a position or at a level in an organization. Hence, it can be
said that the extension of the organization is referred to as the
centralization of the authority. Here the decision making must be
concentrated in a few hands.

Decentralization of Authority
In an organization, the decentralization of the authority can be
referred to as allowing the large number of the persons within an
organization to take the decisions. In the decentralization of the
authority, no concentration is given on the decision making.