WHAT IS IT?
Power can be defined as the ability of a person or group to influence the thoughts or behaviour of another person or group, so that he/she or they do something they would not otherwise do, assuming that the recipients of the power have some personal discretion over what they do’.
WHAT’S CRITICAL – MAINTAINING DEPENDENCY
The receiver’s relationship or dependency on the holder of power is only effective when the holder posses something that the receiver wants. The more dependant the receiver is the greater the power of the holder. Critical to dependency are; the importance of what is controlled, the scarcity of the resource and the potential for substitutes or alternatives. (i.e. jobs, chance of promotion, salary increase budget, staff resources, purchasing budgets and funds for R & D).
POINT - POWER CAN BE PERCEIVED AS PERSONALISED OR SOCIALISED.
Personalised power infers that only the POWER USER will benefit and if used a negative impact on the receivers will occur. Socialised use of power is when the receiver perceives both the power user AND THE RECEIVER will benefit and is more likely to gain acceptance and a positive outcome. IMPORTANT POINT - the recipient of power will always be the one who decides if the power user is using socialised or personalised power.
A POWERFUL LOT TO THINK ABOUT!
Power can be defined as the ability of a person or group to influence the thoughts or behaviour of another person or group, so that he/she or they do something they would not otherwise do, assuming that the recipients of the power have some personal discretion over what they do’.
WHAT’S CRITICAL – MAINTAINING DEPENDENCY
The receiver’s relationship or dependency on the holder of power is only effective when the holder posses something that the receiver wants. The more dependant the receiver is the greater the power of the holder. Critical to dependency are; the importance of what is controlled, the scarcity of the resource and the potential for substitutes or alternatives. (i.e. jobs, chance of promotion, salary increase budget, staff resources, purchasing budgets and funds for R & D).
POINT - POWER CAN BE PERCEIVED AS PERSONALISED OR SOCIALISED.
Personalised power infers that only the POWER USER will benefit and if used a negative impact on the receivers will occur. Socialised use of power is when the receiver perceives both the power user AND THE RECEIVER will benefit and is more likely to gain acceptance and a positive outcome. IMPORTANT POINT - the recipient of power will always be the one who decides if the power user is using socialised or personalised power.
A POWERFUL LOT TO THINK ABOUT!
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