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Nitishs sources of power

Skills that are valuable to the
organization
Specialized knowledge
Good personal relationships
Job related interdependencies with
other people who are important
Power bases
Position
Expertise
Relationship
Reward
Coercion
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Relationship Facets
Task relationships
Include role clarit
Power relationships
Power bases and influence
!orkin" relationships
#nderstandin" workin" relationships
Interpersonal relationships
#nderstandin" self and others
$e%elop&ent of effecti%e
relationships
Based on
mutual expectations about performance, goals,
priorities, and roles
The degree of mutual trust
The degree to which there is mutual influence
(beyond roles)
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Nature of Interpersonal Relationships
Inti&ate
Collaborati%e
Neutral
Co&petiti%e
'nta"onistic
(endin" Relationships
)tart with lookin" at our beha%ior and
attitudes
)top ne"ati%e talk about the other
person
*eep tabs on our e&otions
+et "o of resent&ent and "i%e the other
person a real chance
)top a%oidin" the other person
'tte&pt to understand the other person
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' new e&ploees ,ourne in an or"ani-ation
(onitorin" the pro"ress
.ow well a& I doin" co&pared with the
expectations of/
(self0
( peers1 reference "roup0
Those in positions I aspire to 2superiors30
Feedback I recei%e fro& superiors
'nal-in" ones source of power
Increase in salar1 inclusion in co&&ittees
)econd assi"n&ent
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'ssessin" ones fit with the
or"ani-ation
4ptions
Re&ainin" and waitin" out1 or
atte&ptin" to influence chan"es
!ithdrawin" i&&ediatel fro& the work
"roup1 relocatin" diplo&aticall
!ithdrawin" later1 after buildin"
brid"es to other parts
Exit
Reassessin" ones fit with the
or"ani-ation5exa&inin" dile&&as
$ile&&as
Fit looks better for the lon"er ter& than
for the short ter&
Fit looks bleak in the work "roup but
looks bri"ht in the or"ani-ation at lar"e
)eparatin" super%isor
support6relationship fro& relationship
with the or"ani-ation and or"ani-ational
support
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Reconcilin" expectations with
experience
're or"ani-ations beliefs and %alues
funda&entall different1 inco&patible
with & own0
E%aluatin" de"rees and kinds of &isfits/
)e%eral di&ensions of personal abilit and
personal a"enda1 or on ,ust one6two
Is the &isfit health for the indi%idual and
the or"ani-ation0
Reconcilin" expectations with
experience
'sk what is i&portant to &e0 Focus on self5
concept6self5efficac6self expectations
)trikin" a balance between co&pro&isin"
i&portant aspects of self and bein" flexible
$o I want to be/
' "ood soldier
'dapter
(a%erick
Rebel0
Does the organization need a system-
shaker?