GMS 200 Lecture 9: Week 9

• School: Ryerson University
• Department: Global Management Studies
• Course: GMS 200
• Professor: Rodney Umrah

Document Summary

Leadership is the process of inspiring others to work hard to accomplish important tasks. Leadership begins with the way a manger sues power to inluence the behaviour of others. Power is the ability to get someone else to do something you want or to make things happen the way you want. Sources of power (power based on position) o o o. Reward power inluencing others by ofering something of value (power based on position) Coercion power inluencing others by means of punishing them or withholding positive outcomes. (power based on position) Legitimate power i have the authority, i have the power because i am your boss (power based on position) (power based on person) o o. Expertise power inluencing others based on one"s knowledge or skills. Holding the workers at ransom because you know how to do it. Referent power inluencing others because they admire you and want to identify positively with you.