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1. The text makes reference to five different power bases. According to Johnson, coercive, reward, legitimate, expert and referent power are all identified as powers utilized by leaders of political and administration organizations (2013). Reading about these different power classifications, I would conclude that good leaders in both, public administration and political positions, would use an array of each base to achieve their goals. For example, a good politician would have an open mind. They would find balance in all the power bases as mentioned. However, this isn't always the case as we continue to see corruption and dishonesty on the evening news. Unfortunately, lies and deceit exist in positions of power.
Politicians differ from public administrators in that most politicians are elected as opposed to being appointed into a public administration role. In order to get elected, some will do whatever it takes to get that position of power. Public administrators are often appointed or hired into various roles. Therefore, the power is already their waiting for them to try on. It is up to them to harness it and use it for the good of society. We recall the Bell scandal of 2010, where city officials and public administrators were caught misusing public funds, committing voter fraud, and falsifying property tax records in order to receive larger paychecks (Cejnar, 2010). In this example, we had public administrators being lured by temptation, corruption, and greed. These are all considered to be toxic qualities in leadership, and it is unfortunate. In the end, I do not feel that their much difference between a politician versus a public administrator when it comes to how power is held. Both have the responsibility to uphold strong ethical and moral values. If they can harness the hard and soft variations of power, while balancing the five power bases, then they will have smart power as Johnson mentions (2013).
Reference
Cejnar, J. (2010, August 16). Bell scandal draws attention to city salaries. Desert Dispatch, The (Barstow, CA). Retrieved from https://lopes.idm.oclc.org/login?url=https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=nfh&AN=2W64016024924&site=eds-live&scope=site
Johnson, C. E. (2013). Meeting the ethical challenges of leadership: Casting light or shadow. Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage. ISBN-13: 9781452259185 URL:http://gcumedia.com/digital-resources/sage/2013/meeting-the-ethical-challenges-of-leadership_ebook_5e.php
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According to the text there are five different types of power that is used by public administrators and politicians: coercive power, reward power, legitimate power, expert power, and referent (role model) power. “Leader typically draw on more than one power source,” in order to accomplish set upon agendas, (Johnson, 2013). This is where the difference in power for public administrators and politicians lies, they use and arrange the bases of power differently. This is done because they have different career goals, for politicians it is to be elected again, for public administrators it is to be of service to the people.
For instance, a politician might use coercive power and legitimate power as a campaign tactic showing that they are willing to punish our enemies based on the presumption that they are the ultimate power in position. While on the other hand a public administrator would use reward power and referent power in combination in order to motivate and inspire the people into believing that certain values will be met and delivered through trust and admiration. This then leads to how the public views both sides of the spectrum with politicians usually associated with greed and dishonesty, while public administrators can be correlated with the progressions in social change, those who motivations are parallel with the people.
Johnson, C. E. (2013). Meeting the ethical challenges of leadership: Casting light or shadow. Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage. ISBN-13: 9781452259185 URL:http://gcumedia.com/digital-resources/sage/2013/meeting-the-ethical-challenges-of-leadership_ebook_5e.php
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There are Seven different kinds of powers according to (Randall, 2012) the seven is positional power, legitimate power, reward power, coercive power, personal power, expert power which are used by public administrators and politicians. Each of these different powers have their places as it relates to public administrators and politicians. Positional power is basically when leaders earn exert influence over an ethical climate by virtue of the position held. Legitimate power is when leaders in official positions or holding certain job titles typically have access to power. Reward power is when Leaders can determine the allocation of valued incentives such as promotions, bonuses, raises, attractive work assignments, time off and compliments. Coercive power is when Leaders can punish employees within an organization for noncompliance with ethical m andantes by firing, demotion, reprimands, threats, denials of privilege, undesirable work assignments and other disincentives. Personal power is when leaders can exert influence ever an ethical climate by virtue of their own abilities and personalities. Expert power is when a leader can gain power through recognition as an expert in a specific field.
To understand the different type of powers and how they are used in its a role first, it is critical in identifying the differences in elected powers and appointed powers. Elected position is powers that are associated with political power, well on the other hand public administrators more appointed position. Many of the appointed powers are given based on elected official who selected them. Which many of these powers full under public administration by way of politician which appointed them.
References
RANDALL, D. (2012, January 1). The Journal of Applied Christian Leadership. LEADERSHIP AND THE USE OF PO^ER: SHAPING AN ETHICAL CLIMATE. Retrieved January 27, 2019, from http://eds-b-ebscohost-com.lopes.idm.oclc.org/eds/pdfviewer/pdfviewer?vid=1&sid=e045f78b-a75f-4418-bb30-71ef9bf5375a%40sessionmgr103
Running head: TYPES
OF POWER
1
Types of Power
Respones
1.
The text makes reference to five different power bases. According to Johnson, coercive, reward, legitimate,
expert and referent power are all identified as powers utilized by leaders of political and administration
organizations (2013). Reading about these
different power classifications, I would conclude that good leaders
in
both, public administration and political positions, would use an array of each base to achieve their goals. For
example, a good politician would have an open mind. They would find bal
ance in all the power bases as
mentioned. However, this isn't
always the case as we continue to see corruption and dishonesty on the evening
news. Unfortunately, lies and deceit exist in positions of power.
Politicians differ from public administrators in
that most politicians are elected as opposed to being appointed into
a public administration role. In order to get elected, some will do whatever it takes to get that position of power.
Public administrators are often appointed or hired into various roles.
Therefore, the power is already their waiting
for them to try on. It is up to them to harness it and use it for the good of society. We recall the Bell scandal of
2010, where city officials and public administrators were caught misusing public funds, comm
itting voter fraud,
and falsifying property tax records in order to receive larger paychecks (Cejnar, 2010). In this example, we had
public administrators being lured by temptation, corruption, and greed. These are all considered to be toxic
qualities in l
eadership, and it is unfortunate. In the end, I do not feel that their much difference between a
politician versus a public administrator when it comes to how power is held. Both have the responsibility to uphold
strong ethical and moral values. If they ca
n harness the hard and soft variations of power, while balancing the five
power bases, then they will have smart power as Johnson mentions (2013).
Reference
Cejnar, J. (2010, August 16). Bell scandal draws attention to city salaries.
Desert
Dispatch,
The
(
Barstow,
CA)
.
Retrieved from
https://lopes.idm.oclc.org/login?url=https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=nfh&AN=2W640160
24924&site=eds
-
live&scope=site
Johnson, C. E. (2013).
Meeting
the
ethical
challenges
of
leadership:
Casting
light
or
sha
dow.
Thousand Oaks, CA:
Sage. ISBN
-
13: 9781452259185 URL
:
http://gcumedia.com/digital
-
resources/sage/2013/meeting
-
the
-
ethic
al
-
challenges
-
of
-
leadership_ebook_5e.php
2,
According to the text there are five different types of power that is used by public administrators and politicians:
coercive power, reward power, legitimate power, expert power, and referent (role model) power. “L
eader
typically draw on more than one power source,” in order to accomplish set upon agendas, (Johnson, 2013). This is
where the difference in power for public administrators and politicians lies, they use and arrange the bases of
power differently. This i
s done because they have different career goals, for politicians it is to be elected again,
for public administrators it is to be of service to the people.
For instance, a politician might use coercive power and legitimate power as a campaign tactic show
ing that they
are willing to punish our enemies based on the presumption that they are the ultimate power in position. While on
Running head: TYPES OF POWER 1
Types of Power Respones
1. The text makes reference to five different power bases. According to Johnson, coercive, reward, legitimate,
expert and referent power are all identified as powers utilized by leaders of political and administration
organizations (2013). Reading about these different power classifications, I would conclude that good leaders in
both, public administration and political positions, would use an array of each base to achieve their goals. For
example, a good politician would have an open mind. They would find balance in all the power bases as
mentioned. However, this isn't always the case as we continue to see corruption and dishonesty on the evening
news. Unfortunately, lies and deceit exist in positions of power.
Politicians differ from public administrators in that most politicians are elected as opposed to being appointed into
a public administration role. In order to get elected, some will do whatever it takes to get that position of power.
Public administrators are often appointed or hired into various roles. Therefore, the power is already their waiting
for them to try on. It is up to them to harness it and use it for the good of society. We recall the Bell scandal of
2010, where city officials and public administrators were caught misusing public funds, committing voter fraud,
and falsifying property tax records in order to receive larger paychecks (Cejnar, 2010). In this example, we had
public administrators being lured by temptation, corruption, and greed. These are all considered to be toxic
qualities in leadership, and it is unfortunate. In the end, I do not feel that their much difference between a
politician versus a public administrator when it comes to how power is held. Both have the responsibility to uphold
strong ethical and moral values. If they can harness the hard and soft variations of power, while balancing the five
power bases, then they will have smart power as Johnson mentions (2013).
Reference
Cejnar, J. (2010, August 16). Bell scandal draws attention to city salaries. Desert Dispatch, The (Barstow, CA).
Retrieved from
https://lopes.idm.oclc.org/login?url=https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=nfh&AN=2W640160
24924&site=eds-live&scope=site
Johnson, C. E. (2013). Meeting the ethical challenges of leadership: Casting light or shadow. Thousand Oaks, CA:
Sage. ISBN-13: 9781452259185 URL:http://gcumedia.com/digital-resources/sage/2013/meeting-the-ethical-
challenges-of-leadership_ebook_5e.php
2,
According to the text there are five different types of power that is used by public administrators and politicians:
coercive power, reward power, legitimate power, expert power, and referent (role model) power. “Leader
typically draw on more than one power source,” in order to accomplish set upon agendas, (Johnson, 2013). This is
where the difference in power for public administrators and politicians lies, they use and arrange the bases of
power differently. This is done because they have different career goals, for politicians it is to be elected again,
for public administrators it is to be of service to the people.
For instance, a politician might use coercive power and legitimate power as a campaign tactic showing that they
are willing to punish our enemies based on the presumption that they are the ultimate power in position. While on
