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Power and Politics

Quick Points to Remember
• Personal power and power acquired through position

• Can be used for politics
• Affects behaviour of people
• Can be used positively as well

Introduction
Power is having the ability to affect others directly or indirectly. With power comes
great responsibility. It is important how power is used.
When it is used for politics, it turns into a negative energy.

Key Points
• Power can be personal power or power acquired through a position.
• Personal power can be power to influence and persuade others, or powers
because of personal resources and finances. It can also come when the
person possesses some extra and outstanding knowledge and skills.
• Positional power is power acquired because of a title or status.

• People can use their power positively or negatively to affect others. For
example, positional powers give both reward powers and coercive powers
and it is on the person holding the position to decide which power is to be
used.

• Power and politics can affect individuals, organisations, and country as a
whole.
Power and politics in organisations

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