Five Bases of Power In 1960‚ social psychologists John French and Bertram Raven identified what has become known as the five bases of power. Coercive power carries with it a manifestation of fear based on the possible negative outcomes of this power and if the subject did not comply with the orders given. This formal base of power is effective in the short term only; and in contrast‚ more often leads to rebellion against authority rather than respect and compliance based on respect. This base of
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Five Bases of Power Maria Mayorga BCom230 November 28‚ 2011 Jay Johnson Five Bases of Power Power is said to be ability of one person‚ group‚ or organization to control another person‚ group‚ or organization. Power is also refer to when one individual makes another do what the other wished through fear‚ force‚ persuasion‚ or reward. For example someone may be powerful because he or she could fire or assign a task someone does not like. Other could be powerful by having the ability to
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for a weak manager? Managers need power to do their jobs‚ because their jobs require them to influence others. Consequently‚ managers who feel powerless to influence others experience a tremendous amount of frustration and stress. Their staff members tend to feel frustrated too. Power means many different things to different people. For some‚ power is seen as corrupt. For others‚ the more power they have‚ the more successful they feel. For even others‚ power is of no interest at all. Positions
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Five Bases of Power Claudette Irizarry BCOM230 November 19‚ 2012 Katalin Ogle Five Bases of Power There are five bases of power that may be used in a professional environment. Referent power‚ coercive power‚ legitimate power‚ reward power and expert power. Each one of these different types of power is used in different ways to reach the same result. Some forms of power are personal and some are formal. In my professional career I have used at least three of these types of power. Referent
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The five bases of power in the book are: (1) Legitimate power‚ (2) Referent power‚ (3) Expert power‚ (4) Reward power‚ and (5) Coercive power. The group member can influence others because of being elected or appointed‚ that means this person has legitimate power. Legitimate power comes from occupying a position of responsibility. People have high legitimate power should also have a high position of responsibility. For example‚ in the small group‚ the group leader or chairman should have legitimate
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Power and influence tend to have a negative connotation to some people that have perhaps encountered negative situations. Machiavelli suggested for those in power to do whatever it would take to maintain that power‚ in order to extend that power (McManus‚ 2006). Additionally‚ Machiavelli suggested that power has nothing to do with right or wrong‚ nor the welfare of the people (McManus‚ 2006). Furthermore‚ Machiavelli suggests for a leader to do everything in their power to maintain that power‚ even
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French and Raven came up with five different bases of power. Coercive‚ legitimate‚ reward‚ referent‚ and expert are the five types of power. Someone can create power through one or more of these bases. There is the possibility that one base power may undermine another. One must learn how to use these powers in a positive way to create a positive relationship. Coercive power gives employers power by having the employees fearful of punishment. Termination‚ demotion‚ or loss of rewards could be
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English 150 17 February The Power of a Relationship In the movie "Smoke Signals" and the story "This Is What It Means to Say Phoenix‚ Arizona" the theme I will be talking about is the complex relationship Victor has with his father and his friend Thomas. In this paper I will discuss how his relationship changes with his father‚ Thomas and people that he meets along the way to acquire his father’s remains and how the movie and short story use and develop this theme. In the story Victor does
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The five bases of power are divided into two groups; formal power and personal power‚ and further subdivided into five specific categories under each group. Categories of formal power are coercive power‚ reward power‚ and legitimate power‚ and they come from the authority of one person over another. Categories of personal power are expert power and referent power‚ and they come from one’s characteristics rather than one’s authority. “Coercive power base depends on fear of the negative results from
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When we mention the word “Power” most of the people will think that power is evil‚ corrupt‚ self-serving‚ manipulative and hurtful. However‚ there is a positive face to addressing power acquisition‚ power-base development‚ and power use. When power is used in an ethical and purposeful way‚ there is nothing evil about it. Leadership is “interpersonal influence‚ exercised in a situation‚ and directed‚ through communication process‚ toward the attainment of a specified goal or goals. (Tannenbaum‚ Weschler
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