See also bureaucracy. Authoritarian personality One who is highly influenced by, or dependent upon, a power figure or hierarchal leader. The authoritarian personality tends to be dominated by, or dominates, others. Authority Formally delegated power. Autocracy See autocratic organization.
Autocratic leadership See authoritarian leadership.
Autocratic organization Organizational structure that develops when the leader is motivated by power, seeks to hoard it, and sees policy or rules of any type as an infringement on his or her prerogatives to control the decisions and actions of others. Henry Mintzberg, Structure in Fives. AVA See activity value analysis. A worker's total covered wages, indexed for the national increases in average earnings and used in calculating benefits, particularly social security. Any form of tangible or intangible recognition given to a person, after the fact, for exceeding the performance expectations of their job.