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DISCUSSION QUESTIONS 1. Discuss what is meant by the term “power." 2. Explain the difference between potential and kinetic power 3. Describe the different sources of power. 4. Explain what is meant by a manager's power base and the way ers develop it. 5. Describe organizational politics and the resulting political behavi 6. Discuss what is meant by upward influence and the various influ tactics categories associated with it. od the ways manag.

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Answer 1

• Power is important organizational behavior in which the ability of an individual or group of individual who influence belief and action of others
• Power is the probability that one actor within relationship will be in position to carry out his own will despite resistance. (Max weber)
• Individual has the power to managerial function is potential power and it transform from one form to another is kinetic power.
• Sources
• Formal sources are granted by virtue of its position in the hierarchical structure in the organization. It is legitimate and legal type of power.
• Informal sources of power created by social interaction.
• Reward power involve positive sanctions in term of praise, verbal approval, sending memorandum of thanks.
• Coercive power is negative sanctions in which punishment punishment such as threat if dismissal, suspension, demotion etc.
• Expert power is occur within person his knowledge, experience and skill.
• Referent power is attributed to a leader by the subordinate due to her personal traits, personality and based on subordinate's identification with a superior.
• The manager's behavior based on the type of power. Therefore good manager try to analyses the sources of power and be careful how they use that power. The expert and referent power used by the manager build a commitment among subordinate. Expert power enhance the subordinate committed to work.In this manager act as role model. For example A nurse manager want her employees to be punctual, she can demonstrate those behavior herself and her employees will likely imitate her action. The legitimate and reward power causes compliance, empowerment and stress. If coercive power leads to resistant.

If a manager using reward power, before giving reward must be sure that employee actually job done well.

Using legitimate power nurse manager should be sensitive to subordinate concern otherwise power may be questionable.

Coercive power should be done in private. Public punishment is humilitating.