The will to power
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The document discusses the concept of power and the will to power. It defines power as the ability to influence others and produce effects. Power can be held through various means such as delegated authority, social class, charisma, expertise, knowledge, force, group dynamics, and resources. There are different types and categorizations of power. Five common bases of power are discussed: legitimate power, referent power, expert power, reward power, and coercive power. The document also explores why people want power, discussing theories from Nietzsche, Machiavelli, Maslow's hierarchy of needs, and perspectives on using power responsibly versus through force and deception.
The will to power
- 1. THE WILL TO POWER JESANT ESCOBER MAM- ADMINISTRATION AND SUPERVISION
- 3. -is the ability to influence the behavior of people. -the ability to act or produce an effect. -can be seen as evil or unjust, but the exercise of power is accepted as endemic to humans as social beings. -MERRIAM WEBSTER -WIKIPEDIA.COM
- 4. POWER MAY BE HELD THROUGH:
- 6. PERSONAL OR GROUP CHARISMA Ascribed power
- 10. OPERATION OF GROUP DYNAMICS Social Influence of Tradition
- 12. (J.K.GALBRAITH, AN ANATOMY OF POWER) T YPES OF POWER Condign Compensatory Conditioned Personality Property Organizational
- 13. CATEGORIZATION OF POWER 1.AGGRESSI VE (forceful) 2. Manipulative (persuasion) Prof. Erica Grier, Psych.,Harvard University
- 14. FIVE BASES OF POWER 1. Legitimate power 2. Referent power 3. Expert power 4. Reward power 5. Coercive power
- 15. LEGITIMATE POWER "Positional power", it is the power of an individual because of the relative position and duties of the holder of the position within an organization.
- 16. REFERENT POWER power or ability of individuals to attract others and build loyalty. It's based on the charisma and interpersonal skills of the power holder.
- 17. EXPERT POWER is an individual's power deriving from the skills or expertise of the person and the organization's needs for those skills and expertise.
- 18. REWARD POWER it refers to the degree to which the individual can give others a reward of some kind such as benefits, time off, desired gifts, promotions or increases in pay or responsibility.
- 19. COERCIVE POWER is the application of negative influences. It includes the ability to demote or to withhold other rewards.
- 21. NIETZSCHES THEORY Nietzsche believed that the will to power is the main driving force in humans: ..achievement, ambition, the striving to reach the highest possible position in life, are all manifestations of the will to power.
- 22. -MACHIAVELLI It is much safer to be feared than loved..,
- 23. - He tend to believe that attaining power requires force, deception, manipulation, and coercion.
- 24. - a new science of power has revealed that power is wielded most effectively when its used responsibly by people who are attuned to, and engaged with the needs and interests of others. - -research suggests that empathy and social intelligence are vastly more important to acquiring and exercising power than are force, deception, or terror. - D. KELTNER
- 26. HTTP://WWW.SIMPLYPSYCHOLOGY.ORG/MASLOW.HTML#STHASH.4HHPCE8F.DPUF Self Actualization Maslow stated that human motivation is based on people seeking fulfilment and change through personal growth. He described self-actualized people as those who were fulfilled and doing all they were capable of. The growth of self-actualization refers to the need for personal growth that is present throughout a persons life. For Maslow, a person is always becoming and never remains static in these terms. In self-actualization a person comes to find a meaning to life that is important to them.
- 27. Want of power is not necessarily evil, but natural; of course we want to rule our own lives. It is a common necessity that all humans share - this is not an evil as long as we do not misuse the power we gain.
- 28. THANK YOU!!!