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What is information in the position power? - ANSWERS -Info. Control of information both
laterally and vertically can have an upward and downward
power influence
The power involves access to essential information and control over its distribution to others
What is ecological in the position power? - ANSWERS --It involves control over the physical
environment, technology, and
organization of the work and provides an opportunity for indirect influence over people
-The subtle rearrangement of the situational environment is sometimes called situational
engineering or ecological control
What is power politics? - ANSWERS -Being very clear about where the formal organizational
position power reside
and how it is used.
What is political power? - ANSWERS --Political power occurs when people choose their words
and actions based on influencing
how they want others to react rather than based on what they really think
-Additionally, political power can derive from successful competition for perceived limited
resources
Leadership Art - ANSWERS -The application of effects and understanding of behavioral and
leadership sciences to one or more employees and other organizational stakeholders in order to
influence the attainment of an organizational goal or objective. The application involves the
, effective use of people skills to influence stakeholder behavior. Also involves a conceptual
understanding of strategic and operational art that results in a leader's ability to articulate a
grand vision or end state for an organization.
Leader - ANSWERS -Also referred to as leadership, can be defined in many ways as it applies to
the particular organization mission and structure. The role of a leader is focused on following a
group process. It involves behavioral sciences as it includes personality, induces follower or
subordinate compliance, exercises personal influence to achieve motivation and interaction in
others, possesses particular personal behaviors, involves persuasion and power relationships,
and is goal oriented.
Managerial Science - ANSWERS -Skill sets leaders attain over the course of their professional
development, such as accounting, finance, operations, human resources, information
technology, marketing, and so on, that are learned in administrative management or business
management studies.
Transformational Leadership - ANSWERS -Appealing to the moral values of followers in an
attempt to raise their conscientiousness about ethical issues and to mobilize their energy and
resources to reform institutions.
Follower - ANSWERS -An employee who acknowledges the specified leader or manager who
provides the guidance, direction, and purpose of an organization or group to accomplish a
specified task or project.
Subordinates - ANSWERS -Someone whose primary work activity is directed and evaluated by
specified leader or manager.
Inspirational Leadership - ANSWERS -Another term that can be used to describe
transformational leadership where the component behaviors associated with the term include a
few relationship-oriented behaviors, such as supporting and developing, and a few change-
oriented behaviors, such as articulating an appealing vision and encouraging innovative
thinking.