This activity is important because, as a manager, it is important to establish power so that you can use influence more effectively. Research suggests that there are five major types of power that can be classified as either organizational or personal. Depending on contingencies, the power will be more or less effective.

This goal of this activity is to demonstrate your understanding of power and its contingencies by reading descriptions and matching them to the correct label.

Read each description and match it with the correct type of power and contingency.

Legitimate Power with Substitutability Reward Power with Discretion Referent Power with Visibility Expert Power with Centrality Coercive Power with Discretion

Match each of the options above to the items below.

Laverne was just promoted to director, but there are three other directors who are equally as powerful.

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Jason can force employees to work faster because he has the power to put them on probation, but he can choose when it is needed because it$$s ultimately his decision, no one else$$s$.$

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Aaron is a superb negotiator and the only lawyer at the medium$-$sized company where he works. He is the point of contact for every department head and company executives when there is a contract to write or approve.

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Kay inspires employees with her vision for success and her energy. Employees line up to work for her because she has the most high$-$power projects that involve top executives and the biggest clients.

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Brian$$s department is responsible for employee spending requests and he has final say whether expenses are approved or not. If he doesn$$t judge the purchase as being work$-$related, he approves or denies it$.$

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