2 What are the principal sources of a managers formal power

2. What are the principal sources of a manager\'s formal power and informal power? How does the way a man- ager exercises power affect subordinates? 3. Think of a manager you have worked under or a leader you have been in close contact with. What were the main sources of this person\'s individual power? What was your reaction to the way this person exercised power?

Solution

According to social psychologist John French and Bertram Raven there are 5 bases of power

Reward

Legitimate

Expert

Coercive

Referent

Reward

Specific power comes when a person thinks that he is able to compensate another person for its compliance and the services in provided. This is Pacific power determine the level of authority over the organisation and define the power of the specific person.

Legitimate

When a person believe that he has a formal right to create demand and expect that others would complete their demand according to its need, comes the power of legitimacy.

Expert

This specific power is based on a person\'s ability of expertise as well as skills. Skills and expertise of a person defines the level of authority among it surrounding.

Coercive

This is specific authority comes when a person is in believe that he can punish other persons for not being compliant towards him or his authority.

Referent

When a person is just an attraction in the society it gives the power of reference which is considered as an ethical power towards the society. It totally depends on the ability and the popularity of the person.

For building Power inside an organisation one should show proper skills according to the chosen field. Expertise in the same specific field which he chose can be very beneficial in joining the authority over different task in an organisation. Expertise in specific field that the person can easily do the programs more efficiently than his colleagues which would directly in the attention of its supervisor as well as managers towards the organisation.

By behaving ethically towards its employees as well as the curly one can easily develop its respect inside an organisation and respect directly related with the overall authority inside an organisation as a valued employee.

By having a perfect organised structure for work and improving the overall working capabilities by providing the work before the timelines or the deadline and avoiding the absenteeism inside an organisation can be very beneficial in building authority over some specific organisation.

By maintaining an image inside the organisation and not getting involved in too much bad politics about the organisation and being ethical towards the decision making is one of the key points in May identity and gaining authority inside and specific organisation.

Once I was under instructionms of a manager in a FM station. He was very informative as well as intelligent as throughout the whole program and used power of expertise. This power of expertise definitely help us to grow truly under his supervision and improve our overall situation.