PHILIPPINE POLITICS AND GOVERNANCE - MODULE 4

1. power
MELODY B. MAGTARAYO,
LPT​

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LEARNING OBJECTIVES:
• Define and explain the meaning of power and
source of power in relation to politics;
• Map/sketch the difference between
organizational power and personal power
exercised by the people with positions in the
civil society.

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What I know
MULTIPLE CHOICE.
Directions: Determine the situations, check (√) those
statements that present a clear use of power and put X
mark on those that do not present a clear use of power.
Use your notebook to write your answers.
______1. Your mother asks you to buy flour in the bakery
______2. Agnes tries to escape a building on fire by
breaking the windows using her ukulele.

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What I know
______ 3. The teacher asks the class to return
immediately the classroom globe to its proper place.
______ 4. Protesters on the streets forced the police to
direct traffic into alternate route.
______ 5. The President made sure that his constituents
were happy by giving away cash gifts and other goods
during Christmas.

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What I know
______ 6. The stage director decided to kick the lead
actor out of the play after 72 retakes
______ 7. The 1986 EDSA People Power Revolution
displayed unity of the people in ousting a tyrant.
______ 8. You got into a heated argument after someone
accidentally spilled coffee on your pants while you were
on café.

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What is it
Power
• Power in the natural sciences can be easily established
through a single equation, which signifies the
quantifiable nature of physical power. Power in society,
and by extension in the social sciences, on the other
hand, is more complicated because it is continuously
being molded by the dynamic nature of society and
the objective and subjective capacity of man.

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What is it
Sources of Power:
1. Organizational Power
1.1 Reward Power is defined as the use of
rewards to get an employee to follow an instruction
or order, with power coming from one's ability to
withhold there ward for noncompliance. Unlike
personal power, reward power comes from one's
formal authority to issue rewards. Examples of
rewards include: Bonus.

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organizational power
1.2 Coercive Power is the ability of a manager to force
an employee to follow an order by threatening the employee
with punishment if the employee does not comply with the
order. The most important concept to understand about
coercive power is that it uses the application of force.
1.3 Legitimate Power is power you derive from your
formal position or office held in the organization's hierarchy
of authority. For example, the president of a corporation has
certain powers because of the office he holds in the
corporation.

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Organizational power
1.4 Information Power is the most transient form of Power.
Information power doesn't last. Give away a piece of
information and you give your power away. On the other
hand, knowledge and know-how is more enduring than
informational power, but it's limited to the area of expertise.
1.5 Process Power. Politics is common phenomenon in
organization. It is used by people or group to gain power.
Miles described that organizational politics is the process
whereby individual or groups use whatever power they can
accumulate to influence organizational decisions in the
direction of their own interests.

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organizational power
1.6 Representative Power.
Powers of representatives. Representatives are
elected by the public, as in national elections for
the national legislature. Elected representatives
may hold the power to select other
representatives, presidents, or other officers of
the government or of the legislature, as the
Prime Minister in the latter case.

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Sources of Power:
2. Individual Power/ Personal Power
2.1 Expert Power is power based upon
employees' perception that a manager or some
other member of an organization has a high level of
knowledge or a specialized set of skills that other
employees or members of the organization do not
possess.

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Individual power/personal power
2.2 Rational Persuasion. This power usually comes from
someone who is an expert in their field and is based on
using logic and evidence to influence others. A great
example of this is a doctor. 2.3 Referent Power. Nationalism,
patriotism, celebrities, mass leaders and widely respected
people are examples of referent power in effect.
Definition: Referent power refers to the ability of a leader to
influence a follower because of the follower's loyalty, respect,
friendship, admiration, affection, or a desire to gain approval.

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What’s more
Performance task No. 1.4
POWER
TASK 1
Directions: Describe the role of
the member and the head.
How does the member and
head vary in terms of power
and authority?
HEAD
MEMBERS MEMBERS

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TASK 2
Directions: Read each item carefully and write the answers in
your pad paper.
1. In your respective homes, if your parents demanded you to
do the something immediately, what power do they
exercise? Why? Do you like how they exercise their power?
2. As a member of the family, what can you suggest to have a
common ground in exercising power?
3. If you were a person in authority, how should power be
properly exercised? Why?

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TASK 3
Directions: Using a Venn
Diagram, compare and
contrast organizational
power and personal power
exercised by the people with
positions in the civil society.