negative perspective

On Day 1 of this week, your instructor will post an Announcement assigning you to one of the following two groups: Your initial post should be at least 300 words. Support your response with a minimum of two scholarly sources. Negative Group prospective.

Negative Group Initial Post:

What are the sources of power often seen in organizations? Be sure to give the definition of each source of power.
What are negative impacts on an organization when its members exercise power and play political games within Mintzberg’s Political Game Playing framework? Give examples and/or your personal experiences regarding negative impacts.
ethics and stakeholder dynamics, stakeholder can just be about anyone the utilizes a service or program.

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The sources of power often seen in organizations include:
Legitimate Power
As the name suggests, legitimate power or positional power is gained from the profession an individual fills in an organizational echelon. For instance, job descriptions necessitate junior staff to report directly to managers and award managers the supremacy to allocate duties to their juniors. To exercise positional power effectively, the individual exercising it must be deemed to have acquired it legitimately (Greenleaf, 2002).

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