Power refers to the potential ability of an individual or group to influence or control others. It is based on the dependence of one party on another. There are five bases of power: coercive, reward, legitimate, expert, and referent. Leadership differs from power in that leadership requires coordination between the goals of the leader and followers through downward influence, while power focuses on gaining compliance through any means. Leadership research examines how supportive and inclusive a leader should be, unlike power research which centers on control tactics.

1. POWER AND POLITICS
What is power?
How is leadership different from power?
Sergey
MBA E-2

2. WHAT IS POWER?
By learning how power works in organization, You’ll be better able
to use Your knowledge to become a more effective manager

3. WHAT IS POWER?
Power is the potential ability of a person or group to
exercise control over another person or group.
The most important aspect of Power is that it is a function of
DEPENDENCE

4. WHAT IS POWER?
More than 50 years ago, social scientists John French and Bertrand Raven (in 1959)
proposed five sources of power divided into two general groups within organizations:

5. WHAT IS POWER?
One person has Coercive Power over another, if he can dismiss,
suspend or demote that person who values his or her job.
Someone who can distribute rewards others view as valuable will
have power over them.
Legitimate power represents the formal authority to control and use
organizational resources based on structural position in the
organization.
Expert power is influence wielded as a result of
expertise, special skill, or knowledge.
Referent power is based on identification with
a person who has desirable resources or
personal traits.

6. Formal
Power
PerSoNal
Power VS
WHAT IS POWER?
Which Bases of Power are Most Effective?

7. HOW IS LEADERSHIP DIFFERENT FROM POWER?
Abraham Lincoln said, “If you want to test a man’s character – give him power.”
Napoleon Bonaparte ruled
his kingdom with an iron fist
and had no problems going
to war to defend it or to help
it grow. His management was
by power only, and if you
argued with his perspective,
you were not going to be
around for very long.

8. HOW IS LEADERSHIP DIFFERENT FROM POWER?
President Kennedy challenged NASA to put a
man on the moon and through leadership,
convinced and motivated his team to make
that happen. His accomplishments did not
come by using power, but by using leadership
and painting a vision for others to follow.

9. HOW IS LEADERSHIP DIFFERENT FROM POWER?
it's important to look deeper into them and understand how they compare and
contrast - and in some ways coexist with each other. Power is a fairly abstract
concept. It does not require goal compatibility, merely dependence.
Leadership, on the other hand, requires some coordination
between the goals of the leader and those being led. A second
difference relates to the direction of influence. Leadership focuses
on the downward influence on followers. It minimizes the
importance of lateral and upward influence patterns. Power does
not. In still another difference, leadership research, seeks answers to
questions such as these: How supportive should a leader be? How
much decision making should be shared with followers? In contrast,
the research on power focuses on tactics for gaining compliance.
It goes beyond the individual as the exerciser of power, because
groups as well as individuals can use power to control other
individuals or groups.