BU288 Chapter Notes - Chapter 12: Scapegoating, Corporate Social Responsibility, Equal Pay For Equal Work
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The bases of individual power: reward power: Power holder can influence positive outcomes/prevent negative ones. Risk of employee resistance: person has power because he is liked, consider their point of view seek their approval, use them as role models, transformational leaders. Stems from legitimate power: referent power, identification, expert power: Empowerment putting power where it is needed. Cultivating the right people: outsiders, subordinates, superiors: Unit 3: social behaviour and organizational processes: successful empower extrinsic rewards, creates, job satisfaction, org. Commitment: high performance, putting power where it is needed, excessive empowerment lead to ineffective performance, inadequate power lead to ineffective power, have to meet half way in the middle. Influence tactics ability to convert power to influence. Endso acceptable means of influence abused to pursue goals org. doesn"t approve: using power for wrong reasons, dysfunctional political behaviour. The facets of political skill: social astuteness, interpersonal influence: Assume people are gullible and take advantage.
