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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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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Communication and Bases of Power Student Name BCOM/230 Date: September 9‚ 2013 Instructor Name Communication and Bases of Power Power influences our behavior and the way we communicate in the workplace. Power is defined as the affected behavior of one person from the influence of another person with higher authority. Depending on how the power is used‚ it may have a positive or negative effect in an organization. According to Robbins and Judge (2009)‚ there
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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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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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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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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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POWER: A capacity that A has to influence the behaviour of B so that B acts in accordance with A’s wishes. DEPENDENCY: B’s relationship to A when A possesses something that B requires. BASES OF POWER: Formal Power: Is established by an individual’s position in an organisation; conveys the ability to coerce or reward‚ from formal authority‚ or from control of information 1. Coercive Power • A power base dependent on fear 2. Reward Power • Compliance achieved based on the ability to distribute
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POWER AND ITS POWERS: The Supremacy of Power Frank Chodorov‚ an American writer and libertarian once said “The State acquires power and because of its insatiable lust for power it is incapable of giving up any of it. The State never abdicates.” When I was in my high school‚ I always dreamed for Utopia‚ a perfect state wherein there is no poverty and starvation. Power is delegated in every people and there’s equality‚ justice and freedom. Utopia sometime refers for World peace‚ this may sounds
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Bases of Power Leanne Tellez BCOM230 March 9‚ 2015 Fran Carter Bases of Power Power‚ as defined by Merriam-Webster is‚ “the ability or right to control people or things.” (Power‚ n.d.). Power is about control‚ so then it can affect leadership. In organizational leadership‚ there are five bases of power. These are coercive‚ reward‚ legitimate‚ expert‚ and referent (Robbins & Judge‚ 2009 pp 452-453). The question remains‚ can these powers coexist with trust? Companies depend on the working
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