GMS 200 Chapter 11: Leadership - Chapter 11.docx

• School: Ryerson University
• Department: Global Management Studies
• Course: GMS 200
• Professor: Ricardo Reyes

Document Summary

Leading process of inspiring others to work hard to accomplish important tasks. Leading function is an essential component of effective management. Power ability to get someone else to do something you want done, or to make things happen the way you want. Power reflects the desire to in influence/control others for the good of the organizations as a whole, rather than the desire to control for satisfaction. Position power based on a managers official status in organization (hierarchy of authority) Personal power derived from skills an individual has or uses at work. Reward power capability to offer something of value (a positive outcome), as a means of influencing the behavior of others. Coercive power capability to punish or withhold positive outcomes as a means of influencing the behavior of other people. Legitimate power right by virtue of one"s organizational position or status to exercise control over persons in subordinate positions.