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POWER, POLITICSIN MANAGEMNET
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CHAPTER 18 Power, Politics, and Conflict
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Power and Politics• Power: The ability of one
person or group to cause another person or group to do something that they otherwise might not have done.
• Organizational Politics: Activities in which managers engage to increase their power and to pursue goals that favor their individual and group interests.
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CHAPTER 18 Power, Politics, and Conflict
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The Dark Side of Power and Politics
Power and politics often have negative connotations because people associate them with attempts to use organizational resources for personal advantage and to achieve personal goals at the expense of other goals.
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CHAPTER 18 Power, Politics, and Conflict
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The Bright Side• Managers can use power to
control people and other resources so that they cooperate and help to achieve an organization’s current goals.
• Managers can use power to engage in politics and influence the decision-making process to help promote new, more appropriate organizational goals.
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CHAPTER 18 Power, Politics, and Conflict
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CHAPTER 18 Power, Politics, and Conflict
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Sources of Individual PowerFormal individual power is the power that stems from a person’s position in an organization’s hierarchy.Informal individual power is the power that stems from personal characteristics.
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CHAPTER 18 Power, Politics, and Conflict
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Sources of Formal Power• LegitimateLegitimate: The power to control and use
organizational resources to accomplish organizational goals.
• RewardReward: The power to give pay raises, promotion, praise, interesting projects, and other rewards to subordinates.
• CoerciveCoercive: The power to give or withhold punishment, such as suspension, termination, or even the withholding of praise and goodwill.
• InformationInformation: The power that stems from access to and control over information.
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CHAPTER 18 Power, Politics, and Conflict
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Sources of Informal Power• ExpertExpert: Informal power that stems from
superior ability or expertise.• ReferentReferent: Informal power that stems from
being liked, admired, and respected.• CharismaticCharismatic: An intense form of referent
power that stems from an individual’s personality or physical or other abilities, which induce others to believe in and follow that person.
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CHAPTER 18 Power, Politics, and Conflict
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Advice to Managers• Recognize that power and politics influence all
behavior in organizations and that it is necessary to develop the skills to be able to understand and manage them.
• Analyze the sources of power in the function, division, and organization in which you work to identify powerful people and the organization’s power structure.
• To influence organizational decision making and your chances of promotion, try to develop a personal power base to increase your visibility and individual power.
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