Who Is A King?
Head is the person at top of an organization. If the organization is a state, then the person is Head of State; if the organization is a department, then the person is Head of Department; and so on.
A special type of head is a king. He must have following properties:
He must be able to make organization-wide decisions on his own. If he need vote of members or approval of an executive committee for examples then he is not a king; he is a president. Its not that he should take unilateral decisions, its that he must be able to, because that power is needed in emergency and also when due to whatever reason the underlings are unable to decide on their own and the organization is going in paralysis.
He had delegated authority to underlings. He dont try to make all major decisions himself; if he do then he is a dictator. Dictators are bad because they order around, not listen to and not confer to anybody beyond their immediate circle of around six people. This result in nobody taking ownership, both because they are too disheartened to and because they are no longer capable of even if they were capable before. A king dont work that way. A king make people incharge and that goes down to hundreds or thousands of individuals he personally put in charge of various parts of government. Dictator also make people incharge but those people can be counted on atmost two hands. As a result each one of those become too powerful to be replaced and too overburdened to handle his chunk of government.
A king, relatively speaking, keep very little for himself. He may appear to be getting huge amounts from treasury but he dont keep it for himself, he give almost all of it away to his officials and even to general public. A king, by definition, have to be generous; both in delegating power and in distributing wealth.
Why Is A King Needed?
Kingship is the sweet spot where a head keep executives in check while at the same time treat them well enough that they happily take ownership.
