Power: What Is Power?

The ability to marshal the human, informational, and material resources to get something done

Power has an effect on:

Decisions

Behavior

Situations

Types of power

Power over: The ability to dominate

Power to: The ability to act freely

Power from: The ability to resist the demands of others

The Relationship Between Authority and Power

Five Bases of Power

1.      Reward power: Gaining compliance through rewards

2.      Coercive power: Gaining compliance through threats or punishment

3.      Legitimate power: Gaining compliance on the basis of one’s formal position

4.      Referent power: Gaining compliance based on charisma or personal identification

5.      Expert power: Gaining compliance based on the ability to dispense valued information