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authority

In a political system, the capacity to take and enforce decisions. The nature, sources, and limitations of political authority have been much debated questions since the time of the ancient Greeks.

authority

In a business organization, responsibility for part of the organization exercised by a person or a group of people. People in authority have titles such as ‘manager’ or ‘supervisor’. They are in control of other people (their ‘subordinates’), of production processes, or of areas of the business.



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It's shown up with unexpected ramifications for the rest of my life, whenever I'm faced with an authority figure telling me to do something I might question.
The importance of an authority figure to many people is growing, not diminishing as we might hope as time goes on and society matures.
Camp Serenity, where he works with childhood burn survivors, gives Russel a welcome break from harassment by homophobic high school jocks, but presents its own challenges: love triangles, misunderstandings with friends, bratty ten-year-olds and the demands of Russel's first try at being an authority figure.
 
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