Explain the importance of power in regards to effective leadership, as well as the importance of keeping power disciplined and “in check.”

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Module 3: Organizational Dynamics: Power & Influence

Assignment Overview

As a health care leader of tomorrow, it is important that you not only understand power and influence, but are also able to manage them properly. There are many forms and sources of power and influence. To gather an appreciation for them both, we must know how they equally work and where we are in using them.

Case Assignment

Step 1: Read the following:

Bacon, T. (2011). Introduction, in The Elements of Power : Lessons on Leadership and Influence. pp. 1-19 AMACOM.

Bacon, T. (2011). Chapter 12 Increasing your voltage: How to become more powerful, in The Elements of Power : Lessons on Leadership and Influence. pp. 253-273 AMACOM.

Step 2: Take “Power Sources” Self-Assessment on pages 274-282 in the same book and score your assessment. Create a table of your scores as shown on page 280, including the total and place it as an appendix to your paper.

Step 3: Based on your required readings and additional research, prepare a 3- to 4-page paper completing/answering the following:

Introduction:

Explain the importance of power in regards to effective leadership, as well as the importance of keeping power disciplined and “in check.”

Body:

Describe the five sources of organizational power as defined by Bacon: Role, Resource, Information, Network, and Reputation.

Describe the five sources of personal power as defined by Bacon: Knowledge, Expressiveness, Attraction, Character, and History.

Explain your results for the assessment.

Were you surprised by your results or were they what you expected?

Identity one of the five organizational sources of power as well as one of the five personal sources of power that you most identify with based on your results. Explain your rationale.

Conclusion:

Rationalize the important findings of your paper to a career as a health care professional.

Include an introduction and conclusion paragraph.

Assignment Expectations

Conduct additional research to gather sufficient information to justify/support your thoughts and analysis.

Limit your response to a maximum of 4 pages, not including the title page, reference page, or appendices.

Support your proposal with peer-reviewed articles, with at least 3 references.