Exam 13: Power and Politics

Those who are powerful, articulate, and persuasive are most vulnerable to ________.

Contrast leadership and power.

When a bank robber points a gun at a bank employee, his base of power is ________.

Which of the following types of power requires acceptance of the leader's authority by members of the organization?

Legitimate power is based on ________.

The effect of scarcity on dependency can be observed in the supply/demand relationships that exist regarding personnel within various industries.

An individual most likely to engage in political behavior would have all of the following except a/an ________.

Individuals use conformity to manipulate the impressions that others hold of them.

Your colleagues at work are constantly talking about the vice president in your region. He is perceived throughout the organization as a ruthless man who is not to be antagonized. It is necessary for you to bring him a report, and you are very nervous about having to deal with him. -The vice president's major base of power seems to be ________.

________ power is based on identification with a person who has desirable resources or personal traits.

The power that the College Dean has been granted by the University over the faculty is termed ________ power.

Which of the following is not necessarily a form of workplace sexual harassment?

Rational persuasion is the only power tactic that is effective across all organizational levels.

List and discuss the bases of personal power.

John was good with numbers, but he wasn't sure what he wanted to study in college. His senior year in high school he had a math teacher that he thought was awesome. Mr. Roury was the first mathematician that spoke to John on his level and got him really excited about numbers. John joined the Math Club to spend more time with Mr. Roury. John went on to study math and later engineering in college and today tells his kids that he owes his career to Mr. Roury. Mr. Roury exhibited ________ power over John.

Jerrod is relatively new to Xenon Corporation and wants to make sure that he makes a good impression on his coworkers and supervisor. He agrees with the supervisor's opinion most of the time and is always doing nice things for him. Jerrod makes sure that he associates with the "right" people and is constantly complimenting others about their good work. -Jerrod is attempting to use ________.

Catherine and Bernice are faculty members at a local college who feel very differently about their academic dean. Catherine believes that he is always engaging in political activity that is not in the best interests of the college. She describes him as a man who passes the buck and who is scheming and arrogant. Bernice believes that the dean is an effective manager. -Bernice's label for what Catherine describes as "passing the buck" might be ________.

Because of the coalition factor, the expert power of an individual within an organization is strengthened when another individual with the same job-related knowledge and skills is hired by the organization.

Thomas recognizes that his firm is plagued by organizational politics. He is not good at playing games and instead frequently engages in defensive behaviors in order to protect himself and his interests. Thomas is frustrated because he believes that he has little control over his environment, and his environment is uncomfortable to him. He has had some success at establishing a sense of control for himself by appearing to be more or less supportive publicly while doing little or nothing privately. -Which of the following behaviors is Thomas engaged in?

To avoid politicking during performance evaluations, an organization should ________.