Jacksonville Port Authority Franklin W. Hunt Embry Riddle Aeronautical University – Worldwide Campus Organizational Behavior MGMT 317 Dr. Tommy Walker May 15th‚ 2013 Jacksonville Port Authority‚ more commonly referred to simply at “JAXPORT”(figure 1)‚ is an independent government agency created by the Florida legislature in May 2001. Serving trade through the Panama and Suez Canals‚ the JAXPORT was conceived when the Florida legislature restructured remerged both the Jacksonville
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people view just authority figures. These scholars have described group mind and its effects on society and authority in different ways. For example‚ Lessing‚ the author of “Group Minds‚” says it is dangerous for us to misunderstand our human tendency to conform because we can be blindly obedient as a result. Brooks‚ the author of “The Follower Problem‚” contends that it is an issue that many in today’s society conform to the idea that we should automatically distrust any authority figure. On the other
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SOC 1301-01 Ideal Types of Authorities According to Max Weber‚ there are three kinds of authority: the legal rational authority‚ the charismatic authority and the traditional authority. President Nixon‚ Adolf Hitler and Moroccan Monarch Hassan II were all great leaders. However‚ the source of their powerful domination and their political leadership differ from one to another. In fact‚ considering a “Weberian” classification‚ we will consider Nixon as a legal rational leader‚ Hitler as a charismatic
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Question 1a) Discuss the role/functions of the Retirement Benefits Authority in regulating retirement benefits. The functions of the Retirement Benefits Authority (RBA) include: To regulate and supervise the establishment and management of retirement benefits schemes. To protect the interest of members and sponsors of retirement benefit schemes. To promote the development of the retirement benefits industry. To advise the Minister for Finance on the national policy to be followed with regard
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Shakespeare uses the prominent theme of usurpation in The Tempest to critique the characters discoveries of rightful authority as a result of re-evaluating their actions. The hierarchy of Elizabethan society was strict in its rules of birth dictated rightful authority‚ so the audience is positioned to question accepted lines of leadership when the protagonist‚ Prospero‚ recalls his usurped dukedom of Milan. Although‚ this reflection and later actions cause Prospero‚ as well as the audience‚ to reconsider
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crimes they have committed as well as‚ by what are actually considered crimes or sins. I want to explore these differences by asking two questions to each reading: What kind of behavior constitutes as a sin or a crime? What is the source of moral authority behind laws and legal judgments? In Plato’s Apology‚ what constitutes as a sin or a crime? Socrates was accused of being a “doer of evil‚ and a corrupter of the youth‚ and he does not believe in the gods of the state‚ and has other divinities of
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Authority – the word alone instills a certain type of reaction in a person; a reaction that either commands obedience or disobedience. Some people command authority through violent means while others through lawful means. Why do certain countries still have kings and queens while others are ruled by parliaments or congresses? When studying the German sociologists Max Weber and his theory of authority‚ it can be observed that there are certain types of authority and reasons in which people choose
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Power Vs Authority: Week 3 1 Power Vs Authority Omar Shafi Westwood College Power Vs Authority: Week 3 2 "Authority and power are two different things: power is the force by means of which you can oblige others to obey you. Authority is the right to direct and command‚ to be listened to or obeyed by others. Authority requests power. Power without authority is tyranny." - JACQUES MARITAIN‚ "The Democratic Charter‚" Man and the State. There are
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Delegation of Authority | Bushardt et al. (2010‚ p. 9) observed that ‘at the core of management practice is a process that involves assigning tasks to others (delegation)‚ granting these individuals the right to accomplish them (authority) and holding them accountable for accomplishing the tasks (responsibility)’. Dunham and Pierce (cited in Bell & Bodie 2012‚ p. 94) further defined delegation as ‘the process managers use to transfer formal authority from one position to another within an organisation
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Terry’s authority in enforcing a contract to be binding to another party. Actual Authority Express Authority ‘An actual authority is a legal relationship between principal and agent created by consensual agreement’ (Lord Diplock). The express grant written in clear terms states Terry is “authorised to enter contracts on LML’s behalf‚ up to a monetary limit of $500‚000”. However‚ the fact that Terry devises a new contract for a price of $1‚400‚000 means he no longer has express authority as an
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