Management and Organizational Studies 2181A/B Lecture Notes - Lecture 10: Quid Pro Quo, Fundamental Attribution Error, High Visibility

• School: Western University
• Department: Management and Organizational Studies
• Course: Management and Organizational Studies 2181A/B
• Professor: Kelly Raz

Document Summary

Power: ability to inluence behaviour of others and resist unwanted inluence in (cid:1) (cid:1) (cid:1) return. Asymmetrical control over valued resources in social relaions: more power = more inluence = more power. Ability to get things done the way one wants them to be done: more control over suppliers, customers, etc . Power sharing: power is shared in organizaions b/c no one person controls all desired aciviies in organizaion: shared depending resources people have. Consequences of power: ability of those who possess power to bring about outcomes they desire: afects decisions in organizaions such as choice of strategies, able to get to outcomes you prefer (cid:1) Organizaional power: legiimate: recognized right to ask others to obey their orders. Power given to them based on one"s posiion: reward: extent to which person controls rewards that are valued by another. Exclusive and complete control of distribuion of rewards = secure reward power within organizaion.