An Analysis of Power, Leadership, and Influence in Management

This report delves into the concepts of power and leadership within organizational contexts, exploring their interdependencies and impacts. It defines power as the capacity to exert authority and influence others, while leadership is presented as the process of guiding and mentoring individuals towards specific objectives. The report examines the different sources of power, including reward, coercive, referent, expert, and legitimate power, and their roles in influencing employee behavior and organizational outcomes. It also explores the influence process, including instrumental compliance, internalization, and personal identification, and discusses the relationship between leaders and staff, emphasizing how positive relationships can amplify influence and power. The report concludes by highlighting the importance of understanding power dynamics for effective leadership and organizational success. The report also includes references to support the analysis.

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Leadership and Power

Power
Power is important part of management.
Power is often connected with position to
control activities .
Power is also defined as ability to exercise
authority on others.

Leadership
Leadership is process of direction and
mentoring individuals.
Leadership is often connected with
situational specific objectives.
Leadership is also considered as persons
capability to influence follower towards
specific goal.

Power related to leadership
Role of power and leadership are not same.
Power is considered as authority while
leadership is considered as act of power.
Power is independent of leadership but
leadership is totally dependent on power.

Sources of power
There are mainly five sources of power
Reward power
Coercive power
Referent Power
Expert power
Legitimate power

Reward power
The kind of power is connected with rewards
system.
This power offers manager to have control
over reward for meeting their target.
It offers control over salary increase,
promotion and other benefits.

Coercive power
It make use of motivation through force to
introduce change in the current behaviour of
employee.
This power allow manager to cut employees
salary, lay-off and other related punishments
in order to improve their performances.
It is a mode of putting pressure on employee
to follow specific behaviour.

Referent Power
This power help leader to become important
part for organization.
It is a form of charismatic feel within the
executive which is using it.
These executive believes in providing relax
environment to other by taking
responsibilities.

Expert power
This power is referred to level of knowledge
possessed by an individual.
It is also connected with set of skill present in
a individual to become leader.
This power is not limited to some position
leader and circulates as per the expertise of
an individual in particular field.

Legitimate power
This power is connected with formal position
an occupied by person in the hierarchy of
organization.
Legitimate power is based on the concept
that someone have authority on other
because of their position.
This source of authority has benefit over
other because it is connected with rules and
regulation of the organization.

Influence process
Instrumental Compliance
Internalization
Personal identification

Influence and power
Power is known as structural pattern of
authority in the organization while influence
is considered as dynamic and strategic
element in organization.
Power is formal way of authority while
influence is considered as informal aspect.
Power is mostly connected with organization
rules while influence is not part of
organization right.