Dennis Rosa

Coercive power

May 2nd, 2009

This the power to punish or to dismiss an employee or arrest someone for violating the law.
These five types of power are interrelated and may rest with the same person. The use or misuse of one kind of power affects the exercise of the other types of power. A leader who uses inappropriately each type of power will soon lose his reserves of power. This has happened with Presidents of countries both in the United States and in Asia.
Leadership in business and industry differs from leaders on the athletic field, political leaders, club leaders and so forth, in that the former type performs certain management functions such as planning, Organizing, controlling, staffing, bargaining, representing and mobilizing decision. Leadership in business and industry may be defined ideally as a process by which one in a superior position treats his subordinates in a way that they are willing to work cooperatively towards the achievement of a goal.

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