I need help with Organizational Dynamics paper

Running head: Organizational behavior 7

Applied Summary Project

Shanequa Wilder

Liz Rhee

ORD460

Geneva College

February, 25 2017

Types of organization power

Power refers to the possession of authority to influence others. In an organization, there are different types of powers which when effectively exercised,* helps the organization to function more efficiently. In any organization, the abuse of power for instance when those who possess it are bias to the people who they influence, there arises conflict. Biased use of power kills the employee’s morale of doing work which reduces their productivity which will in turn reflect in the overall performance of the whole organization. The different types of power found in an organization are the following;

Legitimate power

Legitimate power is also referred to as positional power,* and it is the power that comes with the position that one holds in the organization. (Newstrom, 2015) Since legitimate power is derived from the position which an individual holds, there are different levels of this type of power. An example of legitimate power in the organization is the power of a department manager over the junior employees of that department. The work description requires the junior employees to report to the department manager and therefore,* the manager has influence over the junior employees. On the other hand, the department managers have to report to the organization CEO and therefore, the CEO has influence over the managers.

Expert power

Expert power refers to power held by individuals because of their possession of knowledge or expertise. (Newstrom, 2015) The knowledge possessed by these types of individuals helps the organization to solve complicated problems and therefor they are indispensable in the organization. The other employee’s hold these individuals with high regards owing to their expertise,* and they therefore influence their actions in the organization. (Expert power helps the possessor to clinch to other type of in the organization for example legitimate power. Grammatical error. Please revise.)

Referent power

This type of power is derived from the interpersonal relationships that an individual have with others in the organization. Referent power comes as a result of the respect one is given by others in the organization. People with referent power are able to influence others in the organization through the admiration, respect and trust from the others. Referent power may also be derived from the interconnections that an individual has with prominent people in the organization. For instance, when you are friends with the CEO of the company, people will treat you with more respect and admiration than when you are not. You did not cite properly. I see that you received information from http://smallbusiness.chron.com/5-sources-power-organizations-14467.html about these types of powers. The content is 80-90% the same. You must cite them.

Coercive power

This type of power comes from a person’s ability to influence the others through punishment and threats. For example, when a junior employee works late so that he can meet the deadline in order to avoid being punished by his superior is thought to be coercive power. This type of power is important to make the employees adhere to the organization’s rules and policies.

Reward power

Reward power is derived from a person’s ability to influence how the rewards and incentives in the organization are allocated. Many rewards may be under a manger’s control and these are not limited to material things. (Newstrom, 2015) Reward power serves as the basis for reinforcing desirable behavior. (Newstrom, 2015)

I think that the one that most identifies with MedExpress would have to be, expert power. This is because MedExpress was a business that was started by a three physicians. They use their expertise to put together a thriving business, and they made sure that they hire the best staff to fit their model. Reward power is also used with MedExpress being a fast growing company, there were promotions or transfers that were offered to employees who performed well.

Organizational politics tactics

*“Organizational politics refers to intentional behaviors that are used to enhance or protect a person’s influence and self-interest while also inspiring confidence and trust by others.” * (Newstrom, 2015) You need the page number for direct quotes. One of the organizational politics tactics I have witnessed is the bribing of an employee by a senior employee in the organization though promotion and salary increments so that they can remain quite about an issue. A tactic that I have seen used in this organization is toward the physicians that they hire. Most physicians are under a strict contract when employed there. They offer incentives that help them pay off student loans, pay to get them out of another contract and pay insurance. The downfall comes when the contract is broken. It makes it hard for the physician to leave the company. Did you do anything about this act of bribery? It is best not to make a statement like this without substance. Please revise.

Organizational politics changes the attitude of the employees toward work and this affects their productivity. The employees responded to these tactics in different ways;* to those the politics benefited became corrupt and less productive as they could easily get promotions and salary increases without necessarily working any harder. To the employees who were not involved, the politics killed their morale and some even quit working in the organization to look for fair treatment in other organizations.

An action plan

Goal- To communicate the information being hidden to the top management so that appropriate action can be taken and those found responsible adequately pays.

Strategy- Make sure that I am right about what I want to report. Find people who I can trust to deliver the message to the top management and communicate to them about the matter.

Implementation- After selecting identifying those who I can trust to take the message and actually do the communication. Make them assure me that they will deliver the information so that if they can’t,* I can find other people within the company.

Timeframe- Implement the plan in a period of 2-3 weeks so that am not too fast to miss any fact or too late for any action to be taken.

Hi Shanequa,

Improper political actions are hard to prove. The company may bring a lawsuit against you for defamation. From what you wrote, you do not appear to have solid proof of misconduct or unethical practices at your place of employment. Please revisit chapter 11 of the text and find other articles about organizational politics, and come up with more feasible action plan.

I can’t give you a grade for this paper until I talked to the Program Director. Last term, you received a warning for plagiarism. I will have him look at this paper, and let me know how to proceed.

References

Newstrom, J. W. (2015). Organizational Behavior Human Behavior at Work. New York: McGraw-Hill Education.

Simpson, A.V, Freeder, D., & Clegg, S.R.(December 01, 2013). Compassion, power and

organization. Journal of political power, 6, 3,384-404.