The Power Of Power

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Power Power is an essential in Organizational Behavior. According to the authors (Uhl-Bien, Schermerhorn Jr., Osborn, 2013), power is the ability of an individual or group to influence or control others in any sort of aspect. Power is classified into two categories; one being position power which stems from the formal hierarchy or authority that comes with the specific position or role and two personal power which resides in the individual themselves and generates relationships with others (Uhl-Bien, Schermerhorn Jr., Osborn, 2013). There are many ways individuals respond to power. One way individuals respond to power is the one in power themselves which is having control: to reign dominance over other people such as information and resources (Uhl-Bien, Schermerhorn Jr., Osborn, 2013). They are completely being depended on by the organization and ensures what needs to be done is done by taking control of others. Individuals who could use control have legitimate power which …show more content…

According to the authors Uhl-Bien, Schermerhorn Jr., Osborn (2013), communication is the process of sending and receiving messages. The messages needs to have an attached meaning to it and is encoded by the sender and decoded by the receiver. Feedback is the process in which the receiver later communicates another message and returns it to the sender, creating an interpersonal communication (Uhl-Bien, Schermerhorn Jr., Osborn, 2013). Interpersonal communication is important because it is more accurate and efficient (Uhl-Bien, Schermerhorn Jr., Osborn, 2013). Compared to a one-way communication, an interpersonal communication can ensure the receiver and sender can achieve the same understanding and cause less chance of a misinterpretation. These misinterpretations could be caused by the communication barriers which include interpersonal, physical, semantic, and cultural barriers (Uhl-Bien, Schermerhorn Jr., Osborn,

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