From your point of view as manager what is the difference between the authorization and the empowerment?

AUTHORITY IS THE REAL AREA OF POWERS FOR ANY DESIGNATED POSITION  TO PERFORM ===============================   EMPOWERMENT HAS DIFFERENT MEANINGS IN DIFFERENT STYLES OF MANAGEMENT BUT ONE COMMON OF ALL ,,,,   GIVING STRENGTHS TO HUMAN RESOURCE TO PERFORM EFFECTIVELY WITH LITTLE FREEDOM OF DECISIONS AT GROSS ROOT LEVEL ..................... GOOD DAY

In some companies these terms are alternatively used, However  I would like to explain them in this way:

- Authorization is what you can do or perform; It is your limit of doing something: to control, to evaluate ... etc

- Empowerment is about your capability to do or execute

 

For example; You are authorized to supervise employees, and you have the power to fire the employee who doesn't perform very good !

Authorization gives you the authority to Act whereas Empowerment give you the implied authority to Delegate,  Act, Control and make your own independent decisions. 

First one is a delegated and received and the Empowerment is like a privilege.

Agree with the Expert answers given by Mr. Zafar and Mr. Imran Ali. 

Authorisation lies ultimately with the manager. It is the real power which are in writing, whereas empowerment is a kind of delegation of power which is unwritten to sub-ordinates to exercise their own decision making skills at their level without reverting to the manager for authorisation.