The document discusses power and leadership in organizations. It defines power as the ability to influence others and get things done, while leadership focuses on guiding followers towards goals. The document outlines five bases of power - reward, coercive, legitimate, expert, and referent. It also describes nine power tactics including rational persuasion, inspiration, and pressure. Both positive and negative aspects of wielding power are examined, as well as managing power dynamics and preventing harassment.

2.  Power VS Leadership
 5 Basis Of Power.
 dependency in Power Relationship.
 9 Power Tactics.
 Positive & Negative aspects of Power.
 Power ,Romance & Sexual Harassment
 Building position power

3. Power
• What is Power ?
 The ability to affect the behavior
of others to get things done, it’s a
tool that is some times Essential to
leaders and management functions.
Ability of persons as allied group to impose
their will on others despite their resistance
through many types of Power forms

4. Power Leader Ship
Goal Compatibility is
not mandatory, just
Followers dependency
Requires Goal
Compatibility with
followers
Used as a mean of
achieving Goals
Focuses on Goal
Achievement
Used to gain lateral and
upward influence
Focuses on the
downward influence on
followers

5.  Reward and Coercive powers:
 The power to force compliance by means of psychological, emotional or physical
threat.
 Legitimate power
 Power granted through the Org Structure,
 Recognized right of individuals to exercise authority over others because of their
position
 It is the Power accorded people occupying particular positions as defined by the org
 Expert power
 Control based on skills and knowledge
 Referent power:
 The personal power that accrues to someone based on identification, imitation,
loyalty, or charisma.

6. Properties and Ethics of Power
types• How to use legitimate power?
• Make polite, clear requests
• Explain the reasons for the
request
• Don’t exceed scope of authority.
• Follow proper channels
• Follow up to verify compliance
• How to use Reward power?
• Offer type of rewards that people like
• Fair & ethical
• Don’t promise more than you can
deliver
• Explain criteria for giving reward
• Keep your promises
• Don’t manipulate
• Coercive power:
• When absolutely necessary
• Illegal activities, violation of safety,
• Explain, respond, investigate
• Sufficient oral & written warnings
• Reprimand in private
• Maintain credibility
• Punishments should be fair, legitimate

7. Properties and Ethics of Power
types
• Expert Power:
• Explain the reasons
• Provide evidence
• No rash statements
• Don’t lie, exaggerate
• Listen seriously to other person’s concerns
• Confident & decisive
• Referent power:
• Acceptance and positive regard
• Be supportive & helpful
• Keep promises & commitments
• Sacrifice
• Lead by example.

9. Doyouliketohaveallpower
types(Absolutepower)?

11.  Power VS Leadership
 5 Basis Of Power.
 dependency in Power Relationship.
 9 Power Tactics.
 Positive & Negative aspects of Power.
 Power ,Romance & Sexual Harassment
 Building position power

12.  Rational persuasion. A tactic that is used to try and convince someone with a valid
reason, rational logic, or realistic facts.
 Inspirational appeals. A tactic that builds enthusiasm by appealing to emotions,
ideas and/or values.
 Consultation. A tactic that focuses on getting others to participate in the planning
process, making decisions, and encourage changes.
 Ingratiation. A tactic that emphasizes on getting someone in a good mood prior to
making a request. It includes being friendly, helpful, and using praise or flattery.
 Personal appeals. A tactic that refers to friendship and loyalty while making a
request.
 Exchange. A tactic that suggests that making express or implied promises and
trading favors.
 Coalition tactics. Refers to a tactic that prescribes getting others to support your
effort to persuade someone.
 Pressure. A tactic that focuses on demanding compliance or using intimidation or
threats.
 Legitimating tactics. This tactic suggests that basing a request on one’s authority or
right, organizational rules or policies, or express or implied support from superiors,
is a best.

13.  Unfair Disciplinary Measures.
 "My Way or the Highway“
 Disrespecting Boundaries and Abilities
 Social distance.
 Moral hypocrisy.
 Freedom to act without interference.
 Self interest
 Organizational conflicts

14.  Leadership responsibilities.
 Influencing and inspire commitment
 Persuading.
 Reduction of bureaucratic obstacles
 Creativity

15.  Demonstrating work unit relevance to organizational goals
and needs.
 provide unique services and information to other units
 Become involved with decisions central to the organization’s
top priority goals.
 Initiate new ideas and get involved in new projects
 Expanding network of communication contacts.

16.  Abuse their power to favor each other.
 Higher risk of conflicts.
 Ineffectiveness.
 Gossip.

17.  Abuse their power to favor each other.
 Higher risk of conflicts.
 Ineffectiveness.
 Gossip.

18. Defined as any unwanted activity of sexual nature that affects an
individual’s employment and creates hostile work environment.
Today are likely to surface around more subtle forms of sexual
harassment – unwanted looks or comments, jokes or
misinterpretations of where the line between being friendly ands and
harassment begins.

19.  Confront The Person
 Document It
 Human Resources

20. • What are organizational Politics
• Types Of Organizational Politics
• Causes and consequences of Political behavior.
• Tactics of organizational politics
• Managing Political Behaviors
• Ethical Guidelines for political Behaviors
• What to do if you want to become more politically
Politics

21.  Organizational politics refers to a variety of activities
associated with the use of influence tactics to improve
personal or organizational interests
 activities managers engage in to increase their power and use
it to achieve their goals
“Studies show that individuals with political skills tend to do better in gaining more
personal power as well as managing stress and job demands, than their politically
naive counterparts. They also have a greater impact on organizational outcomes”
Harvard Business School

22.  Legitimate political behavior
Normal everyday behavior
 Illegitimate political Behavior
Getting ahead at any cost, doing whatever you have to do to obtain what you want

26. Restricting access to information
• People can control access to information in ways that enhance
their organizational position.
• Some of the information are secret but some are open.
• The person that can withholding information be able to control
the power.
• The person who has crucial knowledge and information in an
organization may as well develop power
Cultivating a favorable impression
• People interested in being highly influential tend to go out of
their way to engage in some degree of image building-attempts
to enhance the goodness of one’s impressions on others.
• Associating oneself with the successful accomplishments of
others.
• Drawing attention to one’s own successes and positive
characteristics, making others are aware of them.
Developing a base of support
• To successfully influence people, it is useful to gain the support
of others within the organization.
• Support from employee to the managers.
1.Managers may lobby for their ideas before they present a
meeting.
2.Doing favors for others who may feel obligated to repay
them in the form of supporting their ideas.
Blaming and attacking others.
• A scapegoat-someone who could take the blame for some
failure or wrongdoing.
Ex: A supervisor, may explain that the failure of a sales plan
designed was based on the serious mistakes of a
subordinates-even if this is not entirely true.
Aligning oneself with more powerful others
• by connecting oneself with more powerful others.
• Finding a very powerful mentor who can protect one’s interest
• Relatively powerless groups or individuals that derive strength
by banding together to achieve some common goal.

28. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QC9xIfHT0zk&t=0s
Machiavelli wrote The Prince in 1513, just after he was
forced to leave Florence as a political exile, the book
is Machiavelli's advice to the current ruler of Florence on
how to stay in power.
it was better to be widely feared than to be greatly
loved; A loved ruler retains authority by obligation
while a feared leader rules by fear of punishment

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politics/
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and-politics-in-organizations-1
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