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Power, in organizational terms, can be defined as the amount of
plausible and result yielding influence one has on a person,
position or any other organizational factors. Power is a fickle
thing as both under use and overuse of power is dangerous.
There are namely four major sources of power namely Expert,
Coercive, Legitimate and Referent.
Expert Power:
This kind of power is attained having a deep and highly unique
knowledge on the subject at hand. Information and the singular
knowledge on that subject with proved past events which certify
the same is the source of Power in this case.
Elon Reeve Musk, CEO of SpaceX and Tesla Motors currently
working on affordable space travel service for humans in future,
with his sheer expert power and expertise on the subject was
able to rally all the potential future space travel based
businesses to his side to work as a singularity
Coercive Power:
This power is attained by being in the position to root out
mistakes and wrongdoing and punish for the same. The major
source of power in this case is the fear of the opposite party of
getting punished.
Donald Trump, Presidential nominee of the Republican Party, is
using his ability to use Coercive power on all the sidelined
public issues if elected. His agenda is ruthless and Coercive.
Legitimate power:
This power is attained by the virtue of the position or the title.
The source of power comes from the perks and special
privileges one has due to that position.
Barack Hussein Obama II, current president of U.S, is well
known for his bold and fearless actions and policies against
terrorists and wars, has his source coming from his position. His
position gives him the privilege to take any measures to curb
the current problem
Referent Power:
This kind of power derives from the respect or admiration one
gathers because of attributes like personality, integrity,
interpersonal skills etc. Ethical and cooperative behavior is the
root source of this power.
Hillary Clinton, presidential nominee of Democratic Party has
managed to muster positive response from the vote bank and the
power to do this came to her due to the trust people have on her
integrity, open personality and interpersonal skills.
References:
Coppinger, R. (n.d.). Elon Musk outlines Mars colony vision.
Retrieved September 28, 2016, from
http://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-37486372
News, B. (n.d.). Hiroshima memory must never fade, Obama
says on historic visit. Retrieved September 28, 2016, from
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-36394975
Clinton puts Trump on defense at first debate. (n.d.). Retrieved
September 28, 2016, from
http://edition.cnn.com/2016/09/26/politics/presidential-debate-
hillary-clinton-donald-trump/

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  • 2. Referent Power: This kind of power derives from the respect or admiration one gathers because of attributes like personality, integrity, interpersonal skills etc. Ethical and cooperative behavior is the root source of this power. Hillary Clinton, presidential nominee of Democratic Party has managed to muster positive response from the vote bank and the power to do this came to her due to the trust people have on her integrity, open personality and interpersonal skills. References: Coppinger, R. (n.d.). Elon Musk outlines Mars colony vision. Retrieved September 28, 2016, from http://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-37486372 News, B. (n.d.). Hiroshima memory must never fade, Obama says on historic visit. Retrieved September 28, 2016, from http://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-36394975 Clinton puts Trump on defense at first debate. (n.d.). Retrieved September 28, 2016, from http://edition.cnn.com/2016/09/26/politics/presidential-debate- hillary-clinton-donald-trump/