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Power

Power:

“Power is the capacity that ‘A’ has to influence the behaviour of ‘B’, so that ‘B’ does something he/she would not otherwise do” by  Stephen P. Robbins.

Power is a capacity to influence others. It is the potential that becomes effective for management & develops dependency relationship. It provides discretion to behave differently. Power increases potential capacity to influence others It creates dependency of the person who is being influenced by the power possessor. Managers or business leaders are given on us to manage the organisation. Dependency on other is influenced by latter’s power.  It is also observed that power holder has discretion of choices wit in the power premises. It does not provide unlimited capacity to influence others. In a business organisation, power is used to achieve organisational goal. The leader influences the employees & makes them dependent on his advice for achieving the goal. He prescribes the hob design, hob rotation, group norms, rules & regulations for attaining group goal through facilitating the employees to perform their respective jobs.

It has been observe in an organisation that leaders who understand or know how to use power are more successful than those leaders who are unwilling to use their respective power.

Source: Various OB Books & Notes

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By: Management Duniya