POWER

AND
AUTHORITY
POWER
Is defined as the ability to
accomplish desired
objectives even if there is
resistance or opposition from
others.
AUTHORITY
Ispower that people
vest or place in
someone that they
agree to follow.
Both power and authority
are the ways in which
government, in whatever
form, exercises control
over society.
TYPES OF AUTHORITY
RATIONAL-LEGAL AUTHORITY
Power legitimized through a legal
document like the Philippine
Constitution discussed above is an
example of Rational-Legal Authority.
Power derived from rules and
regulations that are enacted legally.
This type of authority exists because of an
organization called bureaucracy. Hence, it is
also referred to as bureaucratic authority.
As societies embrace industrialization, the
demand for rational rules to guide everyday
life also increase and dominate.
To ensure that everyone follows these rules
and regulations, offices are established
which are then occupied by people.
TRADITIONAL AUTHORITY
Power exercised through long-held
customs and traditions.
This is a type of authority found
mostly in pre-modern or pre-
industrial societies, where values
and beliefs are shared by virtually
everyone in the society.
 Rulers are not elected to positions of authority
nor are the society’s members given choices
on the person they want to rule over them.
 At the level of families, there is such thing as
traditional authority even in modern
societies, one that is exercised by parents over
their children.
 In both pre-modern as well as industrial
societies, parents still have a say over the
behavior of their children for as long as they
live under one roof.
CHARISMATIC AUTHORITY
A power legitimized by a person’s
extraordinary qualities that convince
others to follow him or her despite great
adversities.
History is replete with charismatic
persons who have moved others to drop
whatever they’re doing, change their
beliefs and follow the charismatics
leader.
ACTIVITY

IN 5 SENTENCES, REFLECT ON THE QUESTION

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