Rational-legal authority

identified three classifications of authority: traditional, charismatic and legal-rational authority. Traditional authority is based on traditional customs and values, such as a monarchy. Charismatic authority is based on one's personal traits and likeability. Legal-rational authority is based on the office one holds, such as that of the Prime Minister of Canada (as cited in Garner, Ferdinand, Lawson & MacDonald, 2009). Understanding Weber's classifications of authority will be beneficial when analysing

and the rational. The irrational part consists of the vegetative part that is in charge of nutrition and growth, and the appetitive aspect that dominates our impulses. The vegetative part has a very small link to virtue, while the appetitive part “shares in it, in so far as it listens to and obeys it, this is the sense in which we speak of “taking account’ of one’s father or ones friends.” The rational part of the soul is in control of the impulses more; meaning one who is truly rational can better

power (McClaren 2002), and over time domination may seem fixed in society’s social structure (Shaw 2011). Additionally, Foucault looks at the concept of power from a functional strategy, with the functional practices administered by authority, and emphasises that authority commonly uses discursive power and the operation of discourse to maintain the dominance (Smart 2010; Shaw 2011). What is compelling about Foucault’s concept of power are his discursive claims. Unlike Webber, he suggests that power

Understanding these value roles of the board provides the structural behavior required to operate a successful nonprofit organization. Bruce Hopkins in his work, Legal responsibilities of nonprofit boards defines nonprofit governing board members as “fiduciaries of the organization’s resources and guardians of its mission.” Hopkins categorizes these legal functions as the fiduciary responsibilities in “duty of care, the duty of loyalty, and the duty of obedience.” Under the duty of care, the level of competence

Alienation: For Marx, history was the progression of human society, at the same time it was a process of alientation in which reaches its peak in capitalist society. In describing the characteristics of societies Marx explains the devision of labour, that is the taks that must be done in society are divided amoung its memebers. However, the basis for this division of labour crated varying degrees of exploitation and alientation characterized by private ownership of the means of production of the

movement towards complete enclosure and further partitioning of the traditional courtroom trial, because it limits interruption, enabling dispassionate, rational, and effective decision making.

ignore it and some protest against it. Max Weber has defined three sources of authority regarding the state. This essay will argue what source of authority Aideed Jr. and Pope Francis follow under the three sources of authority defined by Max Weber. This will be argued through their actions with in public and in private with the people that follow them. Max Weber is a sociologist that has defined three sources of authority when it comes to a state. The first is Traditional which focuses on the presence

the field of social organization. Almost all well-known scholars such as Martin and Henri have published their views on it. Bureaucracy adapted as the traditional organizational model during industrial society, essentially, bureaucracy could exist rational. This essay firstly will review the principle of bureaucracy in organization based on organizational design perspective. Secondly, it will analyze the strengths and weakness of

Throughout history we have made great strides towards gender equality but problems with sexism and discrimination still remain. In America, many people assumed that men and women were biologically different and should have different responsibilities. When the agriculture time was in effect, the women would have different jobs from the men. For an example, the men worked and brought home the essentials, and the women would stay at home, complete house duties and watch the children. These social constraints

The 2016 Election Year will be one to remember for its controversy and voter turnout. Many people have voiced their opinion about each candidate on social media and through protests during and after the election. Many people of all race and class have registered to vote because they felt it was time for their voice to be heard. The results were a shock to a majority but to some it was highly predictable. Looking at the election through a sociological perspective we can identify some characteristics