What is the source of legitimacy?

Traditional legitimacy refers to my control over you, which comes from the "inheritance" in some tradition. For example, if you and your buddy work in the same big company and the buddy is the son of the big boss, then when we have a meeting to make decisions, you will find that your buddy has a vague control and operation over the whole situation. This power does not come from my ability, but from the inheritance of tradition. Everyone will give me three points of courtesy because he inherited or won some power from his father.

The second is called legal legitimacy. The so-called legal legitimacy comes from the empowerment of a rational rule framework. Also in a big company, there is a topic at today's meeting. At the beginning of the meeting, someone said, "Let's choose a partner as our host, who will lead us in the discussion. If the time is wrong, if the program is flawed, if something goes wrong, he will definitely drag us back. Who should we choose? " Everyone suggested that this person was Lao Wang, because Lao Wang had special experience in this field, and then asked everyone, "Do you agree? Agree with Pharaoh's little friend to raise his hand. " Raise your hands together, and you will find that Lao Wang has been chosen. Lao Wang will exercise power control over this situation in the following discussion. Why? Because he has been authorized by some legal procedure, this is called legal legitimacy. A person's manipulation of the situation and his appeal to others come from a rational framework of rules. Often your position in the company is also under this framework.

The third is called extraordinary legitimacy. Extraordinary legitimacy, the English name is Charisma, Chris Ma, and the word itself means charm, infatuation, some kind of power given by God, which comes from worshipping and following others. Weber believes that extraordinary legitimacy depends entirely on people's belief in leaders. He must constantly create miracles and start a heroic journey in order to win followers. This source of power with extraordinary legitimacy has some strong and passionate feelings and is irrational. It does not come from inheritance, nor from rules and regulations, but is inspired by some mysterious force. We can look at the famous business leaders in the world. They are all full of some strong personality charm-Chris Ma.