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3.3 Discussion: Using Power Well
Getting Started
Have you ever wondered where power comes from? Not the type of power used for energy, but the power we see in countries, organizations, and politics. Think about your organizational structure. Is it a flat or tall structure? Where is the power, who are the power people, what type of power is displayed? Is it positional power by the CEO? Or maybe you have been in a situation where you had a leader who used reward power to ensure the goals of the department were met. While you have studied the five power bases in a previous course, you will return to them again in this discussion assignment. Reviewing those power sources will be helpful. However, in this discussion, you should consider not just the base by which one possesses power but think critically about how one uses power. How one uses power has important implications for organizational behavior.
Background Information
Power is sometimes considered through a negative lens, and rightly so. Some people have experienced the use of power in structures, leaders, and even justice scenarios in ways that are inequitable, abusive, or demeaning. However, at its core, power represents the capacity to act or to do something. It is the capacity to exert influence toward some outcome. For example, imagine a flashlight without a battery. Without the “power,” the flashlight cannot illuminate.
Power by itself is neutral and amoral. It is how power is generated, how it is used, and how it is maintained that creates its positive or negative manifestations. As you work on this assignment, delve below the surface of the power bases and the related information. How do we as leaders (and organizational members) use power well to influence positive organizational behavior?
1. Review and read in the text, An Introduction to Organization Behavior.
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1. Provide an initial post (250-300 words) by the fourth day of the workshop. Be sure to include at least two sources from any of the following journal/authors:
a. Harvard Business Review
b. Forbes
c. Kouzes and Posner
d. Warren Bennis
Address the following prompts:
a. Describe a past leader in your career or job and which power base(s) that leader used. Consider not just what power base(s) the person possessed. Think critically about how they actually used the power base(s). Any comparison to another leader that used the same power base(s) differently?
b. What were the implications or impacts on organizational behavior because of “how” (or even “why”) the leader used a particular power base(s) in certain ways?
c. Which power bases might have been more effective in that situation to create a healthy and productive environment? Or, how could the power base(s) have been used “well?”
3.3 Discussion
:
Using Power Well
Getting Started
Have you ever wondered where power comes from? Not the type
of power used for energy, but the power we see in countries,
organizations, and politics. Think about your organizational
structure. Is it a
flat or tall structure? Where is the power, who are
the power people, what type of power is displayed? Is it positional
power by the CEO? Or maybe you have been in a situation where
you had a leader who used reward power to ensure the goals of
the departme
nt were met. While you have studied the five power
bases in a previous course, you will return to them again in this
discussion assignment. Reviewing those power sources will be
helpful. However, in this discussion, you should consider not just
the base by
which one possesses power but think critically about
how one uses power. How one uses power has important
implications for organizational behavior.
Background Information
Power is sometimes considered through a negative lens, and
rightly so. Some people h
ave experienced the use of power in
structures, leaders, and even justice scenarios in ways that are
inequitable, abusive, or demeaning. However, at its core, power
represents the capacity to act or to do something. It is the
capacity to exert influence to
ward some outcome. For example,
imagine a flashlight without a battery. Without the “power,” the
flashlight cannot illuminate.
Power by itself is neutral and amoral. It is how power is generated,
how it is used, and how it is maintained that creates its po
sitive or
negative manifestations. As you work on this assignment, delve
below the surface of the power bases and the related information.
How do we as leaders (and organizational members) use power
well to influence positive organizational behavior?
1.
Revie
w
Chapter 13
(PDF document)
and read
Chapter 10
document)
in the text,
An Introduction to Organization
Behavior
.
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3.3 Discussion: Using Power Well
Getting Started
Have you ever wondered where power comes from? Not the type
of power used for energy, but the power we see in countries,
organizations, and politics. Think about your organizational
structure. Is it a flat or tall structure? Where is the power, who are
the power people, what type of power is displayed? Is it positional
power by the CEO? Or maybe you have been in a situation where
you had a leader who used reward power to ensure the goals of
the department were met. While you have studied the five power
bases in a previous course, you will return to them again in this
discussion assignment. Reviewing those power sources will be
helpful. However, in this discussion, you should consider not just
the base by which one possesses power but think critically about
how one uses power. How one uses power has important
implications for organizational behavior.
Background Information
Power is sometimes considered through a negative lens, and
rightly so. Some people have experienced the use of power in
structures, leaders, and even justice scenarios in ways that are
inequitable, abusive, or demeaning. However, at its core, power
represents the capacity to act or to do something. It is the
capacity to exert influence toward some outcome. For example,
imagine a flashlight without a battery. Without the “power,” the
flashlight cannot illuminate.
Power by itself is neutral and amoral. It is how power is generated,
how it is used, and how it is maintained that creates its positive or
negative manifestations. As you work on this assignment, delve
below the surface of the power bases and the related information.
How do we as leaders (and organizational members) use power
well to influence positive organizational behavior?
1. Review Chapter 13(PDF document) and read Chapter 10(PDF
document) in the text, An Introduction to Organization
Behavior.
o Terms of Use: This work is licensed under a Creative
Commons(new tab) by-nc-sa 3.0(new tab) license. The
original version can be found here(new tab).