MHR 405 Chapter 9: Chapter 9

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Power: the ability of one party to change or control the behaviour, attitudes, opinions, objectives, needs or values of another party. Influence: the process of affecting the thoughts, behaviors and feelings of others. Political behaviour: influence attempts that are for personal gain and are not officially sanctioned by an organization. Individuals sources of power: legitimate power: is power that is based on a person holding a formal position. Others comply because they accept the legitimacy of the position of the power holder: reward power: is power based on a person"s access to rewards. Others comply because they want the rewards the power holder can offer: coercive power: is power that is based on a person"s ability to punish. Others comply because they fear punishment or some negative consequences. This sort of power is sometimes necessary in the case of supervision.

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Chapter 5 Discussion

Most of you will agree that power and politics are alive and well in most organizations. Now the question is how do you as leaders use power to accomplish the missionâs goals? One of your objectives in this class is to sharpen your influencing people skills by studying different leadership methods. In this module, you will do exactly that by gaining a better understanding of how leaders use legitimate, reward, expert, referent, and coercive power to influence others.

As your text indicates, the three distinct outcomes that may result from the use of power to influence others: compliance, resistance, and commitment. The effective use of position power generally leads to employee compliance, whereas the excessive use of position power and particularly coercive power may result in resistance. The follower response most often generated by personal power is commitment to the organization's goals and objectives and that is what you, as leaders should be striving for in terms of the organizationâs mission.

Post your responses on the Discussion Board. They should be a minimum of 300 words, grammatically sound, and free from spelling errors. Be sure to comment or respond to at least two of you classmates' postings.

Discussion Questions: Select a present or past manager who has or had coercive power.

Give a specific example of how he or she uses or used reward and punishment to achieve an objective.

Overall, how effective is (or was) this manager at using rewards and punishment?

Discuss conflict theory as a theory that society and its structural arrangements are organized and held together by the power and dominance of certain groups over others, based upon their greater economic, political, and cultural resources. is this perceived influence or control an absolute in American society?

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Start reviewing and responding to the postings of your classmates as early in the week as possible. Respond to at least two of your classmates. Participate in the discussion by asking a question, providing a statement of clarification, providing a point of view with a rationale, challenging an aspect of the discussion, or indicating a relationship between two or more lines of reasoning in the discussion. Complete your participation in this assignment by Wednesday, March 16, 2016.

Power Base and Leadership

The British historian of the late 19th century, (Acton, 1887) said that "power tends to corrupt; absolute power corrupts absolutely," suggesting that a person's sense of morality lessens as his or her power increases. Do you agree? Considering this idea, is it ethical for leaders to try to increase their power? Is all power the same or are there different power bases and different corresponding influence techniques? How does the use of power impact the leader-follower relationship?

Choose an organization and describe the power base(s) in that organization. What types of techniques do leaders use to influence team behavior in that organization? How does the leaders' approach affect team relationships? As a leader, how would you use power in your relationships with team members, and why?

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