BMGT Exam 3 questions well answered
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Power that comes with the position a person holds. - correct answer ✔✔What is legitimate
power?
The discretion and means to enforce your will over others - correct answer ✔✔Define Power
Power gained by individuals or organizations by offering rewards to whom they want
compliance from. - correct answer ✔✔What is reward power?
The ability to make threats and deliver punishment. - correct answer ✔✔What is coercive
power?
Power that comes from an individual having valued knowledge in an area. - correct answer
✔✔What is expert power?
Power gained from social characteristics and relationships granting you compliance over others.
- correct answer ✔✔What is referent power?
legitimate, reward, and coercive. - correct answer ✔✔Which three powers are defined as
position power?
Power granted because the source of influence is associated with a particular job or position
within an organization - correct answer ✔✔What is position power?
, Power you possess independent of your job position - correct answer ✔✔What is personal
power?
Resistance, Compliance, Commitment. - correct answer ✔✔What are the three primary
reactions people have to trying to assert authority over them?
People can simply be indifferent, be passive-aggressive, or actively resist, to the extent of
purposefully undermining or even sabotaging your efforts. The degree and form of resistance
thus matter. - correct answer ✔✔Define Resistance
Doing what you're told, but only that bare minimum and nothing more. - correct answer
✔✔Define Compliance
Following authority and going above and beyond with every task. - correct answer ✔✔Define
Commitment
Reward, coercive, and negative legitimate. - correct answer ✔✔What types of power lead to
compliance?
Expert power, referent power, and positive legitimate power. - correct answer ✔✔What types of
power lead to commitment?
Commitment is driven by an internal motivation. - correct answer ✔✔Why is commitment more
valuable to compliance?
Efforts to advance employee well-being, attitude, and performance. - correct answer ✔✔Define
Empowerment.
The transferring of authority and responsibility from managers to employees. - correct answer
✔✔Define Structural Empowerment.
graded A+ updated
Power that comes with the position a person holds. - correct answer ✔✔What is legitimate
power?
The discretion and means to enforce your will over others - correct answer ✔✔Define Power
Power gained by individuals or organizations by offering rewards to whom they want
compliance from. - correct answer ✔✔What is reward power?
The ability to make threats and deliver punishment. - correct answer ✔✔What is coercive
power?
Power that comes from an individual having valued knowledge in an area. - correct answer
✔✔What is expert power?
Power gained from social characteristics and relationships granting you compliance over others.
- correct answer ✔✔What is referent power?
legitimate, reward, and coercive. - correct answer ✔✔Which three powers are defined as
position power?
Power granted because the source of influence is associated with a particular job or position
within an organization - correct answer ✔✔What is position power?
, Power you possess independent of your job position - correct answer ✔✔What is personal
power?
Resistance, Compliance, Commitment. - correct answer ✔✔What are the three primary
reactions people have to trying to assert authority over them?
People can simply be indifferent, be passive-aggressive, or actively resist, to the extent of
purposefully undermining or even sabotaging your efforts. The degree and form of resistance
thus matter. - correct answer ✔✔Define Resistance
Doing what you're told, but only that bare minimum and nothing more. - correct answer
✔✔Define Compliance
Following authority and going above and beyond with every task. - correct answer ✔✔Define
Commitment
Reward, coercive, and negative legitimate. - correct answer ✔✔What types of power lead to
compliance?
Expert power, referent power, and positive legitimate power. - correct answer ✔✔What types of
power lead to commitment?
Commitment is driven by an internal motivation. - correct answer ✔✔Why is commitment more
valuable to compliance?
Efforts to advance employee well-being, attitude, and performance. - correct answer ✔✔Define
Empowerment.
The transferring of authority and responsibility from managers to employees. - correct answer
✔✔Define Structural Empowerment.
