"' Functional authority "'is where managers have formal power over a specific subset of activities.
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Common types of functional authority for staff positions include authority over recruiting standards, reimbursement policies and quality standards.
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Functional authority for full-time staff and the departments they supervise lies with the Corporate Board of Directors ( see below ) rather than the EB.
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As the functional authority within DND / CF, the CDI is responsible for common policy, oversight, doctrine and procedures for a much broader Defence Intelligence function.
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A Unified Command allows agencies with different legal, geographic, and functional authorities and responsibilities to work together effectively without affecting individual agency authority, responsibility, or accountability.
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"The November election was about returning functional authority of government to the states, " said Tom Rath, a former Dole adviser now working for Lamar Alexander, the former Tennessee governor.
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That statement in April was another step along the path of diminution of functional authority that I describe in that post .-- talk ) 15 : 32, 4 December 2007 ( UTC)
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Also shared service centers should not report to their corresponding corporate staff department ( with the exception of the financial shared service center ) as this creates the risk that the corporate staff department uses the shared service centers to deploy functional authorities.
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Management theorists advise that functional authority for staff positions should be extremely limited in scope : it should cover only a tiny aspect of the line managers'job, it should relate only to areas in which line managers have no expertise, and it should be granted only where company-wide uniformity is required.
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For instance, the Production Manager may have the line authority to decide whether and when a new machine is needed but the Controller demands that a Capital Expenditure Proposal is submitted first, showing that the investment will have a yield of at least x %; or, a legal department may have functional authority to interfere in any activity that could have legal consequences.