MGMT101 Week 1 Forum Week 1

You are a new supervisor (you have been there 2 weeks) at a large organization that develops technology for the military. You are retired military and just finished your Bachelor’s Degree in Management from APUS. You are doing well so far, with one exception. There are three employees who work for you, that are not responsive to your tasking. You have to constantly remind them of due dates and their work is marginal. You decided to counsel each of them, in private. After the counseling sessions, you found that all three employees say that you use Positional Power too much and are not receptive to their ideas.

A. How will you handle this situation?

B. What is the difference between positional power and personal power? (in your own words)

C. Give an example, from your personal life, of situations where you have used (or had used on you) both positional and personal power. Submit your answer in this Forum by clicking “Post New Thread” above. (Do not enter your answer in the Assignments section of your e-classroom.)

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Positional Power and Personal Power
Question One
I will not be swayed by the opinions of the three employees instead; I will keep insisting that they should finish their assigned tasks before the due dates. This is because as a supervisor I will make my decisions based on what is right and not what makes them happy (“What is Supervision? How Do I Supervise?”, 2019).

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