The fundamental purpose of
organization is to achieve the goals or the mission for which the
organization has been formed. The mission or goals of the
organization have a vision that is certain princples for guidance
and values to reinforce. Thus, the fundamental purposes of an
organization is to achieve the mission with vision guided by values
and principles.
The common actions that support the
fundamental purposes of organization are :
- The individual members of an
organization become a part of the whole. They have a common
identity while striving to achieve the golas of their organization.
They have a common mental set.
- There is a sense of coordination
among the individual members of an organization. There's a
collective effort to achieve the mission of the organization.
- For the achievement of the mission
if the organization there's a hierarchy of work and each group
within the organization have a specialized task according to their
ability.
The difference between leadership
and formal authority are:
- Leadership is an informal way of
influencing the follower, who follow their leaders out of their
free will. The followers trust their leaders integrity, expertise
in the field and ability to judge the circumstances. Leaders always
give their followers opportunities for keeping their thoughts and
take their feedback whenever it is necessary. Hence, there's a two
way communication. Leaders always come out of their comfort zone to
provide appropriate and necessary action during an emergency
situations. There's always an emotional attachment between the
followers and their leader.
- Formal authority have legal power
and the people are bound to follow the instructions and rules.
There's mostly one way communication between the formal authority
and the people under it, as people always follow the instructions,
and no feedback is asked from them. Formal authority is duty bound,
hence, the individual is not required to do anything out of their
comfort zone during the times of emergency. In such situations the
institutions look after the things and does the required measures.
Mostly there's a formal type of attachment with the authority
without any emotions.