HCM 433 MANGEMENT AND ORGANIZATIONAL BEHAVIOUR.pdf

3. Explain the blocs that available in an organization
4 State the cost of using power
3.0 POWER AND CONTROL
3.1 THE CONCEPT OF POWER
Although the concepts in the field of OB seldom have universally agreed definitions, power and
other concepts, such as influence and authority may have even more divers definitions than most.
Almost every one who writes about power define it differently. For example, power has been
defined in the following ways,
1. The ability to employ force
2. The Production of intended effects
3. Power is when “(Mr.) A has power over (Mr.) B to the extent that A can get B to do
something that B would otherwise not do.
4. Power has also been broadly defined as “The maximum ability of a person of group to
induce or influence other individuals or groups and bring about some degree of change in
their behaviour.
5. ROGERS attempt to clear up the terminological confusion by defining power as “The
potentials for influence.
Thus power is a resource which may or may not be used. The use of power resulting in the
probability that a person or group will adopt the desired behavioural change is defined as
“influence”. Accepting ROGERS’ definition, the following distinction is made between leadership
and power.
Leadership has been defined as the process of influencing the activities of an individual or a group
in efforts toward goal accomplishment in a given situation or a group in efforts toward goal
simply any attempt to influence, while Power is well described as a leader’s Influence Potential.
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