Question one.

The Tennessee Valley Authority ( TVA) has an interesting structure in terms of its operation and management classification. The TVA is a corporation owned by the U.S. government and provides electricity for 7 million people in parts of southeastern states. Its ownership by the U.S government and the company not being subject to Civil service regulations makes it interesting.
In trying to explain the organization wholly, the TVA is characterized by several outstanding features and classifications of which two require mention at this point. The first being operations and the second being management structure. In addition to this, the TVA enjoys substantial organizational independence. The TVA uses a centralized authority which is expressed through a decentralized administration.
Looking at operations, it stands apart from other federal agencies. It has only such relations with other departments and agencies as its Board of Directors may authorize or agree to and it reports to the President and the Congress directly. Furthermore, the TVA enjoys certain privileges by virtue of its status as a government corporation. It possesses operational flexibility not normally granted a department. In the matter, for example, of procedure in setting up different business units, separate budgets and having separate policies or objectives . It manages its personnel with only limited supervision by the Civil Service Commission. As derived from the article, it enjoys greater freedom with respect to expenditures than do most federal agencies. In short, as a government corporation, the TVA enjoys a special status which gives it greater operational freedom than is enjoyed by any normal agency.

Considering the management structure, the TVA provides an example of the decentralized system and administration processes. The management structure consist of the members of