Mintzberg thought that people in power are influencers, consisting of both internal influencers and external influencers.
Mintzberg thought that having basis of power resource, skill or knowledge is not enough. The players need to act and become real influencer, expending their energy and using the basis of power. View all posts by Shaoshuang Wen. You are commenting using your WordPress.
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The games Insurgency game Revolution from the bottom. Counter-insurgency game Play by the authorities as they fight back against insurgents. Sponsorship game Building power through attaching oneself to those who can help you in the future. Alliance-building game Building power through peer networks.
Empire-building game Played particularly by managers on their way up the organization, building their power base. Budgeting game Budgeting often has a clear rules and this game is about getting the most money you can, typically by asking for too much with the knowledge that you will get only a part of what you asked for.
Expertise game This is played by people with expert power, where they manage their knowledge and skills more for their own gain than for that of the company. Lording game This is played with the power of one's position, for example where a senior manager assembles his staff and makes pronouncements, sending them off to do his or her bidding which may, of course, not be in the interests of the company.
Line vs. Rival camps game When Empire-building turns into an us-vs-them game, typically when there are two main camps, then it can turn into all-out war. Strategic candidates game This happens when there are possible plans in the offing and groups of people cluster around these ideas. Whistle-blowing game This is where an insider leaks information perhaps to the press or when somebody names the 'dead elephant' in the middle of the table.
Young Turks game This is often played as the 'thrusting young men' game where testosterone rules and aggression is the major tool. So what? Site Menu. It is evident that organizations in order to succeed and managed effectively, require effective and efficient leadership.
The role of leadership is quite important as it guides in transforming the organization and guiding the organization smoothly towards the achievement of the goals and objectives. This is the reason why the modern researchers and the previous one beside Mintzberg pose a lot of emphasis on the role of leaders in managing an organization. The major reason or the main philosophy towards the strong emphasis over the role of leaders is the position that leaders have in an organization and leveraging the authorities they have, therefore, change in an organization can easily be transmitted.
According to Mintzberg, leaders have the responsibility towards the organization and by playing their role properly and utilizing all the facets of leaderships, the leaders can easily educate the organization and the workforce aligning them on the same objective. However, Mintzberg defines organizations as community and emphasize that the modern world organizations must transform and treat themselves as communities which will facilitate them in understanding the global issues and become more appropriate in their responses.
Previously, organizations have been working on seeking individual benefit and were working to build individual reputation which would only help an organization to grow. On the other hand, the changing trends require organizations to become more responsible towards community and must treat organizations as a community.
This ideology will facilitate in seeking collective benefit and will be helpful to the organization as well as everyone working in the organization and those associated with the organization either internally or externally. In this regard, the role of leaders is very important as this is a change that needs to be brought and every change faces resistance.
In this regard, the leadership has the impact to deliver, which requires the organizational leaders to become more responsible towards the organizations as well as for the community.
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