Table of Contents
1. Introduction 1
2. Personal motivation 1
3. Defining leadership and power 1
4. Power as a sociological process 2
4.1 The essence of power relations 2
4.2 The different bases of social power 2
5. Conclusion 4
6. Reference 5
Leadership and Power
Introduction:
Leadership : According to journal article, leadership as a process in which leaders are not seen as individuals in charge of followers, but as a members of a community of practice that it means “people united in a common enterprise who shares a history and thus certain values, belief and ways of talking and ways of doing things”. It is a process of efforts and work together as a group it may be leader or per se
According to Conger and Canungo (1996) …show more content…
Thus, the control of at least some of the resources associated with the first dimensions of power remains with existing power holders. Moreover, there is little discussion about how resources related to either the value created by empowerment or incentives for increased effort and responsibility should be assessed or distributed. Some typical features of his power conceptualization:
1. Power over the individual
2. Controlling the subordinates
3. Suppressing and neglecting the conflicts
(a)Most definition of power, in the first dimension, including an element indicating that power is the capability of one social actor to overcome resistance in achieving a desired objective or result.
Although power is a tricky issue to measure, it is a typical feature of this position. Researchers using this kind of approach often try to assess the power and try to estimate and diagnose the effects and result of using power.
Structural Power
(b)Power is tightly connected with structures. Regards conflict as ubiquitous and disruptive motor force propelling changes in society in general and in organization in particular. Conflict may suppress feature of a social system, not always evident at the level of empirical
1. Introduction 1
2. Personal motivation 1
3. Defining leadership and power 1
4. Power as a sociological process 2
4.1 The essence of power relations 2
4.2 The different bases of social power 2
5. Conclusion 4
6. Reference 5
Leadership and Power
Introduction:
Leadership : According to journal article, leadership as a process in which leaders are not seen as individuals in charge of followers, but as a members of a community of practice that it means “people united in a common enterprise who shares a history and thus certain values, belief and ways of talking and ways of doing things”. It is a process of efforts and work together as a group it may be leader or per se
According to Conger and Canungo (1996) …show more content…
Thus, the control of at least some of the resources associated with the first dimensions of power remains with existing power holders. Moreover, there is little discussion about how resources related to either the value created by empowerment or incentives for increased effort and responsibility should be assessed or distributed. Some typical features of his power conceptualization:
1. Power over the individual
2. Controlling the subordinates
3. Suppressing and neglecting the conflicts
(a)Most definition of power, in the first dimension, including an element indicating that power is the capability of one social actor to overcome resistance in achieving a desired objective or result.
Although power is a tricky issue to measure, it is a typical feature of this position. Researchers using this kind of approach often try to assess the power and try to estimate and diagnose the effects and result of using power.
Structural Power
(b)Power is tightly connected with structures. Regards conflict as ubiquitous and disruptive motor force propelling changes in society in general and in organization in particular. Conflict may suppress feature of a social system, not always evident at the level of empirical