CONSEQUENCES AND

SIGNIFICANCE
OF POWER
Group 16
Edcel Jane G. Lacanilao
Sheralyn T. Rapal
 CONSEQUENCES OF POWER

In a business big and small, the impact of power

depends on whether employees use positive and
negative power to influence who has the power and
determine whether the overall culture of the
workplace encourages productivity.
 Types of consequences
o POSITIVE TYPES OF POWER
-Positive power in an organization involves
encouraging productivity
-It also results in those in higher-level
positions gaining power throgh employee
respect and communication, rather than
corceive efforts.
 NEGATIVE TYPES OF POWER
-When leaders in an organization do not have
the respect of the employees under them,
they have a negative power.
 POSITIVE WOKPLACE POLITICS
-Employees who learn to navigate the politics
of an organization are more productive than
thosse who are left out of the loop.
-a climate focused on collaboration and equal
treatment prevnts conflict that can reduce
productivity.
 NEGATIVE WORKPLACE POLITICS
-if employees are encouraged to engage in
dishonest or unethical behavior to get ahead
and favoritism trumps the quality of work, an
organization faces decreases in productivity
and higher turnover rates
 Consequences of Power
Sorces of Power Consequences of Power
Expert Power
EXPERT POWER
Commitment
REFERENT POWER

LEGITIMATE POWER
Compliance

REWARD POWER

Resistent
COERCIVE POWER
SIGNIFICANCE OF POWER
POWER is defined as control and influence
exercised over others.
POLITICS has been defined as the science or
business of government.
AUTHORITY is the ability to enforce laws, to exact
obedience, to command to determine or to
judge.
POWER is considered integral in politics
POWER is defined as control and influence
exercised over others-also as strength, vigor force
and effectiveness; mong several other definitions,
power is also defined as political control.

Human behavior and conduct justify creation of a

government.
The business of government is done by
politicians.
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