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1. Types of power
A BORIS SEBASTIAN PRESENTATION

2. French and Raven’s five types of power
1. Legitimate power
2. Reward power
3. Coercive power
4. Informational power
5. Expert power

3. Legitimate power

4. What is legitimate
power?
Legitimate power is best defined as a
power that is based off the title or the
position of an individual at a company or
in an organizations. Examples are the
Presidents of a country, CEO, elders etc.

5. Reward power

6. What is reward
power?
Reward power comes from the
authority of a person to issue rewards
in exchange for compliance.

7. Coercive power

8. What is coercive
power?
Coercive power id the opposite of reward
power. It uses force or threats in order to
gain the compliance of the target
individual.

9. Informational power

10. What is informational
power?
Informational Power is the most transitory
type of power. Once you give your information
away, you give your power away. For example,
you share the secret, your power is gone. It’s
different from other forms of power because
it’s grounded in what you know about the
content of a specific situation.

11. Expert power

12. What is expert
power?
Expert power is a type of power that
comes from skills and talents. These skills
and talents can be used to gain the
respect of others because you are highly
skilled in a area of that they are not.