NSG 4415 Lecture Notes - Lecture 13: G2 Phase
13 Dec 2019
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The authority and ability to get things accomplished. The capacity or potential to get others to do something one ways them to do that they would not ordinarily do otherwise. The potential of an individual or group to in uence the behaviors of individual people and groups. Although the adage that power corrupts might be true for some, it may be more correct today that powerlessness, not power, corrupts. Although power is a universally available resource that does not have a nite quality, it can be lost as well as gained. The right to command does not ensure that employees will follow orders. The more power subordinates perceive a manager to have, the smaller the gap between the right to expect certain things and the resulting ful llment of those expectations. The negative effect of a wide authority-power gap is that organization chaos may develop. Overt displays of authority should be used as a last resort.
