Power and Conflicts Within an Individual and an Organization
MGMT1001 s1 2013 – ‘Spot Collection’ Bring to tutorials week beginning 29 April 2013
Topic 7: Power and Conflicts
Textbook question: Which power bases lie with the individual? Which are derived from the organisation? (max. 200 words)
Power bases that lie with the individual include expert power, which is the power gained because of the ability of someone with expert knowledge in a field. Another one is the referent power, which is the power that gained due to individual possessing characteristics desirable to others. Power bases that are derived from the organisation include legitimate power, a power gained as a person having a certain position such as ‘manager’. Reward power is another organisational derived power. It refers to the power held by an individual due to their ability to give rewards. The last one is the coercive power, which is the power held due to the ability of the leader to punish or control. It is clear that anyone who is able to punish must derive that power from an organisastion due to the position they hold.
Write a 200 word (max.) summary of argument in the article by Politis.
The article examines the relationship between credibility, the dimensions of managerial power and a number of knowledge acquisition attributes in some organisations operating in the UAE. Andrews and Delahaye claimed that individual perceptions of approachability, truth worthiness and credibility mediated knowledge importing and knowledge sharing activities. It is hence assumed that the dimension of credibility to be predictive variable of intelligence acquisition attributes. Knowledge acquisition attributes are grouped into seven factors which are communication, personal traits, control, organisation, negotiation, liberal arts and non verbal communication. The study hold shows that expert power has a significant impact on the majority of knowledge acquisition and clarifies which powers bases best predict the behavioural
Topic 7: Power and Conflicts
Textbook question: Which power bases lie with the individual? Which are derived from the organisation? (max. 200 words)
Power bases that lie with the individual include expert power, which is the power gained because of the ability of someone with expert knowledge in a field. Another one is the referent power, which is the power that gained due to individual possessing characteristics desirable to others. Power bases that are derived from the organisation include legitimate power, a power gained as a person having a certain position such as ‘manager’. Reward power is another organisational derived power. It refers to the power held by an individual due to their ability to give rewards. The last one is the coercive power, which is the power held due to the ability of the leader to punish or control. It is clear that anyone who is able to punish must derive that power from an organisastion due to the position they hold.
Write a 200 word (max.) summary of argument in the article by Politis.
The article examines the relationship between credibility, the dimensions of managerial power and a number of knowledge acquisition attributes in some organisations operating in the UAE. Andrews and Delahaye claimed that individual perceptions of approachability, truth worthiness and credibility mediated knowledge importing and knowledge sharing activities. It is hence assumed that the dimension of credibility to be predictive variable of intelligence acquisition attributes. Knowledge acquisition attributes are grouped into seven factors which are communication, personal traits, control, organisation, negotiation, liberal arts and non verbal communication. The study hold shows that expert power has a significant impact on the majority of knowledge acquisition and clarifies which powers bases best predict the behavioural