This post addresses if its what or who you know.
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So power is about the capacity that A has to influence the behavior of B, so that B acts in accordance with A's wishes. Whether you are using reward, coercive, legitimate, expert, or referent power, and you have all provided fantastic examples of how each power type is used in the workplace.
Class, as we ponder this animal called "power" in organizations, contemplate and discuss for a moment the statement. It's not what you know, it's who you know?
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No ... it's what you do with what you know. Many people say that it's all in "who you know," but this is a simplistic statement. When we take someone who knows a lot of people, and we stand that person side-by-side with someone who has applied all that they know, that is, the full breadth of their knowledge, skills, and abilities to their given ...
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