Power-
the capacity of a person, team or organization to influence others.
Sources of power in organizations:
•Legitimate
power- An agreement among organizational members that people in certain roles
can request certain behaviors of others.
•Reward
power- Person’s ability to control the allocation of rewards valued by others
and to remove negative sanctions.
•Coercive
power- Ability to apply punishment.
•Expert
power- An individual’s or work unit’s capacity to influence others by
possessing knowledge or skills valued by others.
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Prevention: The most effective strategy is to prevent environmental changes
from occurring.
-Forecasting:
The next best strategy is to predict environmental changes or variations.
-Absorption:
People and work units also gain power by
absorbing or neutralizing the impact of environmental shifts as they occur.
•Referent
power- The capacity to influence others on the basis of an identification with
and respect for the power holder.
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