GMS 200 Chapter Notes - Chapter 11: Team Dynamics, Transformational Leadership, Situational Leadership Theory

• School: Ryerson University
• Department: Global Management Studies
• Course: GMS 200
• Professor: Deborah De Lange

Document Summary

Leadership: process of inspiring others to work hard to accomplish important tasks. Power is the ability to get someone else to do something you want done or to make things happen the way you want: the desire to influence and control others for the good of the group/organization as a whole. Position power (based on things managers can offer to others) Reward power is the ability to influence others through rewards (offer something of value) Coercive power is the ability to influence others through punishment (punish/withhold positive outcomes) Legitimate power is the ability to influence through authority (formal position/status, rights of office) Personal power (based on how managers are viewed by others) Expert power is the ability to influence through special expertise derived from possession of technical understanding or special information. Referent power is the ability to influence others through their desire to identify personally with you.