Organizational culturein private higher education: a case study of a new private universityin post-soviet azerbauan

VI. POWER AND AUTHORITY AT KHAZAR
The Primacy of Top-Down Authoritarian Power

The relatively small size of Khazar and its family business organizational character have also contributed to the concentration of power within the upper levels of the organization. In this system, personal relationships and tmst are more important than systems and procedures. [It was necessary in the beginning, but now there is system and procedures - Editor]. Bureaucratic processes have yet to take form while elements of personal and charismatic authority prevail. The development of formal hierarchies of bureaucratic authority and practices is still in process. As one professor put it, "He (the chancellor) decides many questions himself, but maybe this is good due to the fact that this is the transition period. There is no bureaucracy now; we're in the process of creating the system...". Faculty and