The Components Of Power: Legitimate Power

POWER BASE
TERM PAPER
Yusuf, Abdulkadir-633417 | BUS4070 | 24/07/2017
Contents
Introduction....................................................................................................................................2
Legitimate Power............................................................................................................................5
REWARD POWER........................................................................................................................7
Coercive power..............................................................................................................................9
Expert power.................................................................................................................................11

In 1959, Social psychologists John R. P. French and Bertram H. Raven, the five source of power of which a person gets power. There are known today as French and
Raven’s five bases of Power, which I have mentioned in the previous sentence. Having a good understanding of the foundation of Power is what helps us in our interaction – whether we are under someone with power or the one in power. The 5 bases of Power in brief description.
1. Legitimate Power: An individual may use “legitimate Power” as a Power to keep ones formal position safe.
2. Reward Power: Where by managers obtain compliance from employee in return for promising reward.
3. Coercive Power: To Threat someone or to make someone suffer.
4. Expert Power: Someone with valuable knowledge.
5. Referent Power: A referent power leader will ask you to do what you are supposed to do anyway.
NB: Six years later, Raven added an extra Power Base:
PAGE 2 Informational - results from an individual ability to influence the information others need to accomplish something.
Once an individual has a full understanding the different forms of Power, one can learn to use the positive while avoiding the negative Power base instinctively