Effective and Ethical Power and Influence
There are two parts to this discussion:
- Complete Self-Assessment 9-2 in your Leadership text (page 341).
- Address the following:
- In this course (particularly in Unit 3), you assessed influencing tactics as well as different types of power—legitimate, reward, coercive, referred, expert, connection, and information. While considering approaches to organizational leadership you have covered in this unit and the results of the self-assessment you completed, discuss which approaches to organizational leadership you have used over the last five years.
- How effective have those approaches been and what did you learn?
- Are there other approaches that may be more effective?
- In this course (particularly in Unit 3), you assessed influencing tactics as well as different types of power—legitimate, reward, coercive, referred, expert, connection, and information. While considering approaches to organizational leadership you have covered in this unit and the results of the self-assessment you completed, discuss which approaches to organizational leadership you have used over the last five years.