Types of

Authority
 Types of Authority

The delegation of authority is a

requisite for effective organizing.

Line authority

Staff authority

Functional authority
 Types of Authority

Line authority

A managers right to tell subordinates

what to do and see that they do it.
Line Departments perform tasks that
reflect the organizations primary goals
and mission.
 Types of Authority

Staff authority
A staff specialists right to give advice to a
superior.
Staff Departments include those that provide
specialized skills in support in line
departments.

Staff Officers may be classified into the

following:
Personal Staff
Specialized Staff
 Staff authority
Personal Staff

those individuals assigned to a

specific manager to provide needed
staff services.

Specialized Staff

those individuals providing needed

staff services for the whole
organization.
 Types of Authority

Functional authority
A specialists right to oversee lower level
personnel involved in that specialty,
regardless of where the personnel are in the
organization.
Functional authority is the one given to a
person or a work group to make decisions
related to their expertise even if these
decisions concern other departments.
 A Line and Staff Organization

PRESIDENT

Corporate Planning Legal Counsel

Director Director Director Director

Director
of Research
and of of of of
Development Marketing Manufacturing Finance Personnel

Industrial Engineering Factory Manager Quality Control Manager

Manager

First Shift First Shift First Shift

Supervisor Supervisor Supervisor
Purpose of
Committees
 Purpose of Committees

When certain formal group are deemed

inappropriate to meet expectations,
committees are often harnessed to
achieved organizational goals.
For instances, the product planning
committee, as described by MILLEVO, is
often staffed by top executives from
marketing, production, research,
engineering, and finance, who work part-
time to evaluate and approve product
ideas.
 Purpose of Committees

Committees are very useful most especially to

engineering, and manufacturing firms.
Committees may be classified as follows:
Ad hoc Committee one created for short term
purpose and have a limited life.
Standing Committee it is a relative permanent
committee that deals with issues on an ongoing
basis.
Committees may not work properly, however, if they
are not correctly managed. DELANEY suggest that it
might be useful to set up some procedures to make the
committee a more effective tool to accomplish our
goals.