Sources of Power

PART1
This assignment will assess Competency 6. Analyze issues that relate to power, influence, conflict, and negotiation in organizations.

Directions: Examine and describe the five sources of power and the four contingencies that can determine the potential of those power sources. Choose a present or former workplace organizational member who holds a source of power, and describe what sources of power they maintain, and how they utilize their source of power. Then discuss how the different contingencies of power could affect their influence positively or negatively within the workplace.
PART 2
Identify organizational conditions and personal characteristics that support organizational politics and discuss ways in which it can be minimized.  Share with your classmates examples of organizational politics you’ve been a part of or have witnessed.  Also discuss what effect it had on job satisfaction, performance, and organizational commitment.
PART3
Participate in a discussion regarding conflict in organizations.  Discuss the differences between constructive and relationship forms of conflict in organizations, and describe the three strategies to minimize relationship conflict during constructive conflict episodes.  Share with your classmates a workplace-conflict experience where you applied strategies or conditions to minimize the relationship conflict.Sources of Power