ASHFORD ABS 200 Week 3 DQ 2 Organizations and Power

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ASHFORD ABS 200 Week 3 DQ 2 Organizations and Power

Discuss the dynamics and concept of power in organizations, for example, are they gender-based, is power at odds with the provision of services, and does politics or cost enter in?  What is power and what does it have to do with the goals of the organization?  What are the pros and cons to the ways in which power is distributed within and between groups and organizations? Please discuss in 250-300 words, and include one scholarly reference. Respond to a minimum of two of your classmates.

Power is the potential ability to move people on the chosen course to produce an effect or achieve some goal.” (Kirst-Ashman, 2011) With power comes the ability to organize things in a way that solves problems and manages tasks. Relative to groups, people with higher power can influence what a group does or does not accomplish, and there are three ways in which power can be used in a group setting: