Answer to Question #346201 in Management for Lilly

Question

1. Which one of the following is a characteristic of formal authority in an organisation?

a. Formal authority is vested in people

b. Formal authority is accepted by subordinates

c. Formal authority flows down the horizontal hierarchy of an organisation

d. Formal authority cannot be delegated to lower levels of management.

2. Read the list of factors below.

i. The environment in which an organisation operates

ii. The strategy of the organisation

iii. The competence and role of staff

iv. The organisational culture

v. The size of the organisation