MHR 405 Chapter 9: Chapter 9
23 Apr 2011
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What are the differences between power, influence and political behavior: power is the ability of 1 party to change or control the behavior, attitudes, opinions, objectives, needs or values of another party. Influence is the process of actually exercising this power by affecting the thoughts, behavior, and feeling of others: political behavior is the influence attempts that are for personal gain and are not officially approved by an organizations. some common symptoms of supervisory powerlessness are: bossiness, overly close supervision. Inflexible adhere to the rules: a tendency to do the job oneself rather than training employees to do it, focusing on budget cutting, punishing others. Individual sources of power and their effects: french and raven identified 5 sources of power, legitimate power. It is power that is based on a person holding a formal position. others obey because they accept the legitimacy of the position of the power holder.
