Sunday, 29 November 2015

TYPES OF POWER

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.
 - 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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