Authority

Authority (or Power) typically represents the right (or rights) of the worker to use a discretion. The authority should be clearly defined in job description.

Authority means the rights (privilege) - the rights that mean the possibility or a freedom of action or claim(s) to something.

How to express of authority?

If you want to describe an authority of an employee or a position, use verb which express what is an employee or a position allowed to do:

• Can …
• Is entitled …
• Is authorized (eg to reject, to approve something)
• Is responsible for (eg. to reject, to approve something)
• Is allowed (to enter, to login, to create, to delete, to change)
• Must (eg. to check someone’s ID)