: acts to make others maintain standard job behaviour • administers subsystems within organizations • asks how and when to engage in standard practice • uses transactional influence: induces compliance in manifest behaviour using rewards‚ sanctions and formal authority • relies on control strategies to get thing done by subordinates • status quo supporter and stabilizer 2. How various theories improve our understanding of leadership? • Trait theories- early research
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Legitimate Power Legitimate power is also known as positional power. It’s derived from the position a person holds in an organization’s hierarchy (Owen J. 2007). This type of power results from a person being placed in a formal position of authority. A responsible pharmacist‚ for example‚ has legitimate power. Legitimate power therefore results from a person occupying a certain position in the organisational structure or hierarchy and being granted legitimate authority in such a way that individuals
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Coercive Power Many people see coercive power as a negative power. Coercive power is having power over a person and using fear‚ punishment or threat to make that person do things. Most jobs have guides that tell you what could happen if you will not do‚ your job is that consider a coercive power. Coercive power is about what a person do not want. Reward power Reward power has power over a person and using what that person want or need to get them to do things. Reward power is what a person wants
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Referent Power I. Topic of Inquiry It is important for managers to understand the sources of power and influence as they must rely upon the cooperation of subordinates in order to be successful. Strong managers rely upon more than just authority they also use leadership skills and power to obtain the most productivity from their staff. According to French and Raven (1959) there are five sources of power. Referent power seems to be the most influential and the least affected by change. To quote
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Coercive Power Public Administration November 7‚ 2012 Coercive Power is that which is enforced by creating fear among subordinates. This source of power is no longer regularly used in the United States; however it does have quite a history. A prime example in recent American History of coercive power is the U.S. invasion of Grenada. I will discuss various forms of power including the use of threats and actual physical force. There are also a number
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care is the bases of power‚ primarily referent power. Referent power is the ability to lead subordinates because they admire and respect you. By working hard and putting thought and care into their work‚ a leader can gain this admiration from his subordinates. Once a leader has this referent power‚ he or she can leverage this power using different influence tactics‚ such as inspirational appeal‚ to get their subordinates to follow their lead (Raven‚ 1993). This leverage of power and use of influence
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March 9th‚ 2011 Pysc305 Power Essay I find use of referent power tends to be most effective. Using referent power not only tends to accomplish the goal‚ but also builds or maintains respect in the situation. Expert power can also have a similar effect‚ and can be used to balance a power struggle by offsetting the negative effects of coercive power. Legitimate power I would say is the most powerful‚ however because it’s use can come with some negative effects due to how it is derived. It
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enemies as possible. Bruce Reid: Power and influence Reid’s sources of power are coercive and legitimate. By limiting or eliminating the money funneled into the six off-site clinics‚ he will save about a quarter of a million dollars; consequently‚ freezing or cutting salaries would diminish the morale. Cutting or freezing salaries are ways Reid can use his coercive power. This type of power has a negative effect on employees‚ so
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Do leaders always have positions of power? If not‚ then who are the various leaders in your work setting and what makes them informal leaders? No leaders do not always have a position of power. Although being a nurse in its self holds a great deal of power and immense responsibility. Impacting lives in ways that we cannot imagine. An informal leader is someone on the nursing unit that is perceived as someone who pays attention‚ follows policies and informs others; leading others in a successful way
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state that coercive interrogation “involves the application of force‚ physical or mental in order to extract information necessary to save others. Coercive interrogation can range from the mild to the severe. At some point of severity‚ coercive interrogation becomes a species of "torture‚" which is flatly prohibited by domestic and international law” (p. 672). Coercive interrogation has been found dominantly within older CIA and FBI investigations. For example there was a lot of coercive interrogation
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