Monday, April 20, 2009

What is it really mean 'voluntarily obey'?

Max Weber

  • power, the ability to force people to obey, regardless of their resistance
  • authority, where orders are voluntarily obeyed by those receiving them, and subordinates accept the ideas and directives from above because they are legitimate.

Authority was legitimised - is based upon charismatic, traditional and rational-legal.

And how do you know the 3 exists?

  • Charismatic leadership - the individual has some special quality of personality - inspiration.
  • Traditional - based upon custom and pracitce.
  • The rational-legal - by means of a system of rules and procedures.

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