LINE/STAFF AUTHORITY

AND
DECENTRALIZATION

By
Ajesh Mukundan p
ajeshmp@gmail.com
+91 9947426820
 AUTHORITY AND POWER
• POWER is a wider broder concept than
authority
• It’s the ability to influence
• AUTHORITY is the position
• Making decisions affecting others in
organization
• Its one type of power,but in organization
 BASES OF POWER
• Legitimate power
• Government power
• Expertness power
• Referent power
• Reward power
LINE AND STAFF CONCEPTS
• Confusion between manager
• Result in difficulties,more friction,loss of
time and effectiveness
• But this is imp in authority relationship in
organization
• Line and staff has direct impact on an
organization
• Staff includes persons work effectively in
accomplishing the objectives
 NATURE OF LINE AND STAFF
RELATIONSHIP
• THE SCALAR PRINCIPLE
• The clearer the line of authority from the
out line of authority from the ultimate
management position in a enterprise to
every subordinate position the clearer will
be the responsibility for decision making
and the more effective will be
organizationtion communication.
• From the principle the line authority is that
relationship in which a superior exercises
direct supervision over a subordinate.
• The nature of staff authority is advisory
• It is the staff capacity to
investigate,research and to give advise to
line managers
 LINE AND STAFF RELATIONSHIP
IN A SERVICE ORGANIZATION

ENGINEER

DRAUGHTSMAN 1
DRAUGHTSMAN 2 DRAUGHTSMAN 3
(DESIGNS AND
(PLANS) (SPECIFLCATIONS)
DRAWING)
 FUNCTIONAL AUTHORITY
• It is delegated to an individual or a
departments type
• Unity of command principle
• Functional authority is not restricted to
managers of a particular type of
department
• Can be exercised by line,service or
department heads