1 / 4

Power

Power. Human Relations. What is Power?. Human Relations. Power is measured by the degree to which others are prepared to be influenced by us because of factors other than our leadership skills. Human Relations. Sources of Power.

Thomas
Download Presentation

Power

An Image/Link below is provided (as is) to download presentation Download Policy: Content on the Website is provided to you AS IS for your information and personal use and may not be sold / licensed / shared on other websites without getting consent from its author. Content is provided to you AS IS for your information and personal use only. Download presentation by click this link. While downloading, if for some reason you are not able to download a presentation, the publisher may have deleted the file from their server. During download, if you can't get a presentation, the file might be deleted by the publisher.

E N D

Presentation Transcript

  1. Power Human Relations

  2. What is Power? Human Relations Power is measured by the degree to which others are prepared to be influenced by us because of factors other than our leadership skills.

  3. Human Relations Sources of Power • Legitimate Power: power coming from a formal management position. • Reward Power: stems from the authority to bestow rewards on other people. • Coercive Power: the authority to punish or recommend punishment. • Expert Power: leader’s special knowledge or skill regarding the tasks performed by followers. • Referent Power: personality characteristics that command subordinates’ identification, respect, and admiration so they wish to emulate the leader. • Derivative Power: close association with a powerful person. • Passive Power: acting or appearing helpless.

  4. Leadership versus Management • Management Power: • comes from organizational structure. • promotes stability, order, and problem solving within the structure. • Leadership Power: • comes from personal sources, such as personal interests, goals, and values. • promotes vision, creativity, and change. • The major differences between the leader and the manager relate to their source of power and level of compliance .

More Related