Power and Empowerment

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Power and Empowerment

• Thorlakson Murray (1996)
• Hollander Offerman (1990)
• Spangler House (1991)

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Agenda 6/28/05

• Reminders
• Questions, Comments, or Concerns
• Empowerment
• Power and Influence
• Break
• TRP5
• Discussion

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Reminder

• Extra Credit Survey Closes on Friday July 1, 2005
  at 600 PM
• Feel Free to Pass it Along to Coworkers!

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Reminder

• SAP and TRP 6 Due Thursday

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Questions, Comments, or Concerns?

• What Is Leadership? What Three Behaviors do
  Leaders Engage in to Influence Subordinate
  Behaviors?

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Empowerment

• Employees Allowed to Manage the Leaders Vision
• Decreases Manager Power
• Roots in the Michigan Leadership Studies
• Participative vs. Empowerment
• Lewins (1951) Unfreezing Model of Change
• Mixed Empirical Support in Modern Organizations

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Power

• Influence vs. Power
• French Ravens (1959) 5 Bases of Power
• Reward Dispense Rewards
• Coercive Punish
• Legitimate Right to Influence
• Expert Special Knowledge
• Referent Admiration or Identification

• In Organizations
• Formal Power (Rewards, Punishment, Information)
• Personal Power (Charisma, Expertise, Friendship)
• Political Power (Coalitions, Culture,
  Decision-Making)
• Outcomes
• Expert, Reward, and Legitimate Lead to JS and OC
• Reward and Coercive Short-Term
• Referent Close to Leadership

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Influence Tactics

• How to Exert Power
• Rational Persuasion
• Logic Rules but Similar Goals are Essential
• Inspirational Appeals
• Sell the Vision with Effective Communication
• Legitimate Tactics
• Justify Positional Power
• Consultation
• Seek Input to Make Decisions

• Exchange Tactics
• Quid Pro Quo
• Personal Appeals
• Favors based on Friendship
• Ingratiation
• Sincere Works, Eddie Haskell Doesnt
• Pressure
• Threat to Induce Compliance
• Coalition
• 3rd Party Influencing

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Break

• 20 Minute Break

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TRP 5
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Discussion
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Thursday

• SAP and TRP 6
• Exchange and Decision-Making Leadership Theories
• Jago Vroom (1980)
• Dienesch Liden (1986)
• Class ActivityBe Prepared for Problem Solving