The difference between authority and power is which of the following?

a. Authority is the right to make a particular decision and power is the actual influence the institution has over that action.
b. Authority is given and power is seized.
c. There is no difference; they are perfectly interchangeable.
d. Power describes the formal parameters of influence while authority describes the informal parameters of influence.


a. Authority is the right to make a particular decision and power is the actual influence the institution has over that action.

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The style of ballot form in which candidates are listed by party and by office is known as the

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