The Formation And Legitimacy Foundation Of Cao's Charismatic Authority

The Germany sociologist Max Weber's theory of the authority is an important theory of the political research. According to the different foundation of the legitimacy, Weber divides political rule into three ideal types which are legal-rational authority, traditional authority and charismatic authority. Charismatic authority is created by Charisma who is talented and shows great individual charm. Besides, Charismatic authority's spirit is inspiriting and encouraging. The article adopts the perspective of charismatic authority, uses historical analysis and made a deep analysis on the forming process and the legitimacy foundation of Cao's charismatic authority. It can be concluded some enlightenment on the contemporary leadership with a large number of documents.The article first analyzes the establish process of Cao's authority. In accordance with the time order and Cao strength's growth, the establishment of Cao's authority can be divided into three stages. Meanwhile, the paper also talks about how the Cao's charismatic rule is transformed to traditional authority and legal-rational authority. Then, the article analyzes the legitimacy foundation of Cao's charismatic authority profoundly. The author points out that Cao can become the actual ruler, relating not only the cultural tradition"the country belongs to one family", but also the power centralization system. However, the essential reason is Cao's leadership qualities and the individual inspirational force. Finally, the paper suggests some new advice based on the analysis of Cao's authority.The appearance of Cao's charismatic authority is not rare but a typical one in history. It will be prevail again as long as the conditions are ripe. During the three kinds of legitimacy foundation of Cao's authority, Cao's individual factor is the most important and essential one. Weber's charismatic authority has a profound and universal nature, but there are still some shortcomings such as its inheriting charming theory. The last and the most important, Cao's leadership ability made great influence on contemporary administration leadership.Cao authority's formation has highlighted the special importance of leader's personality under special system background and circumstances. Perhaps this is not directly related to modern bureaucrat which is according to legal-rational authority. However, leadership personality is an indispensable factor of successful administration in any system. Cao is good at decision-making and knowing people, these characters also can be learned by modern leaders.