The Power of One- Personal Narrative

The power of personality - personal story Warm winter sunlight wipes out the snow covered snow. When I first smoked the cold morning air, the bright blue sky shine attracted my attention. When my nose dripped slightly, I felt fresh air poured deep into my chest. The grassy grass and other vegetation of the original grassland started peering from snow-covered blankets covering the area. I surrounded a fence of a barbed wire formed of a deformed fence post and rusted barbed wire long ago.

Individual power required (nPow) can be one of two types, individual and institution. People who need personal power want to lead others, and this necessity is often thought not to be welcomed. People who need institutional power (also called social power) want to organize the efforts of others to promote organizational goals. Managers with high institutional power requirements are more effective than managers with high personal power requirements. All organizational behavior theories stress that if employees are satisfied they contribute as much as possible to the success of the organization. If employees are satisfied and want to go out on a regular basis, less opportunities for absenteeism and save a lot of expenses associated with absenteeism for employees.

Administrators within the organization gain power from a variety of sources including rewarding, enforceable, legal, process, information, representation, and personal power. (Schermerhorn et al., 2005) Reward power and compulsion are opposite. Compensation forces are dominated by managers giving personal income, but mandatory forces are denied individual rewards as penalties for getting control of the manager. The legal authority of an administrator is the power of an organization that oversees individuals and work. Legal powers are what individuals think, administrators control behavior and have the right to contextual authority. Employees are convinced that the administrator has authority and will follow it. The personal power of a manager is one of the most influential forces, as the personal power is a source of internal power that is only affected by individuals. For example, Wal-Mart reflects these philosophies on a large scale.