Week 10: Power

Question 1

Perrow’s Definiton of Power

Answer 1

1986

The ability of persons or groups to extract for themselves valued outputs from a system

Question 2

French and Raven

Answer 2

1959

Five bases of power: reward, coercive, legitimate, referent, and expert

Question 2

Milgram

Answer 2

1963

Milgram’s Obedience studies Corroborate the effectiveness of using authority power

Question 3

Pfeffer

Answer 3

1981

Discusses symbols that formal power holders tend to have Also discusses power derived from resources/unique offerings people have (his is corroborated by Morgan (2006) People make themselves irreplaceable by storing information in their head, earning power and dependency

Question 4

Lukes

Answer 4

1974

THREE DIMENSIONAL VIEW First: Dahl’s definition. Second: Some decisions are made without conflict (contrary to Weber (1924) and Pfeffer (1981) who say that power can only be observed in the case of a disagreement). Third: Institutionalized power (more about culture and institutions, “institutionalized authority”)

Question 5

Weber

Answer 5

1924

First to discuss authoritative (legitimate) and coercive power

Question 6

Dahl’s Definition of Power

Answer 6

1957

“A has power over B insofar as A can force B to act in a way that B would not voluntarily choose”.

Question 7

Raven

Answer 7

1992

Makes the distinction between personal and impersonal power in these bases