III. Introducing...the Executive

A. Definition
B. The Age of the Executive?
C. Lecture Questions

II. Executive Functions

A. Legislature vs. Executive
B. Seven Functions
        1. Diplomacy
        2. Emergency Leadership
        3. Budget Formulation
        4. Control of Military Forces
        5. Chief Administrator
        6. Policy Initiation
        7. Symbolic Leadership
                a. Dual Executive vs. Fused Executive

III. Kinds of Executive Institutions

A. Monarchies
B. Directly and Indirectly Elected Officials
C. Non-democratic Executive Institutions

IV. Limits on Executive Power

A. Institutional Barriers
B. Sources of Power and Tradition
C. Authoritarian Governments
D. Mass Media
        1. Democratic Regimes
        2. Non-Democratic Regimes

V. Approaches to Executive Leadership

A. Charismatic Authority
B. Traditional Authority
C. Rational-Legal Authority
D. Representative Authority
E. Coercive Authority

VI. Conclusion