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Power is a unilateral thing, it enables one person to force another to behave in a certain way, whether by means of strength or by rewards. Authority

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Traditional Organisation
Bureaucratic Organisation

Power is a unilateral thing, it enables one person to force another to behave in a certain way, whether by means of strength or by rewards. Authority on the other hand, implies acceptance of rule by those over whom it is to be exercised. It connotes that power may only be exercised within the limits agreeable to subordinates. The three (3) types of authority identified by Weber give rise to different types of organisations as follows i)
Traditional Organisation this is an organisation where acceptance of those in authority arises from tradition and custom. Examples of such organisations are
Obas, Emirs, and Obis, the Pope, the Queen, etc. ii)
Charismatic Organisation this is an organisation whose authority is legitimized by confidence in the personal qualities of the leader. Here, authority is based on the strength of personality and inspiration of the leader. Examples of charismatic leaders in Africa are Obafemi Awolowo, Nnamdi Azikwe, Kwame Nkrumah,
Aminu Kano, Nelson Mandela, Ahmadu Bello, etc. In charismatic organisations, the influence of the leader rallies the people together and make them to be more relatively united than would otherwise. In an event of the death of the charismatic leader, the organisation led by the leader may collapse unless there is a legitimate heir.

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Bureaucratic Organisation in this type of organisation, acceptance arises out of the office or position of the person in authority as bounded by the rules and procedures of the organisation. The bureaucratic organisation which is a rational-legal authority is of most interest to most person because most private businesses and public organisations tend to have the bureaucratic type of structure. Db Purpose Based Organisation
Here, organisations are established to pursue particular purposes, and therefore, they can be classified according to their intended purposes. Among the main classifications based on purposes are i)

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