Management of Power
Chamberlain University
NR531
Dr. Fillmore
February 2021
, Management of Power
Power gives one the ability to accomplish tasks and is a crucial characteristic for an
organization's leader. There are numerous approaches to building and creating a power base to
guide the company to achieve goals efficiently. To achieve established objectives, these
approaches, referent, legal, coercive, incentive, expert, charismatic, and informative, are used to
influence and encourage associate participation and performance. The capability to get others to
do something they would not otherwise do can be described as power (Bariff, 2018). Power is
intended to support and grow a leader as a source of knowledge and to help the leader and his/her
workers to strengthen the organization. There are different forms of power; coercive,
compensation, legal, expert, and reference power. My practice, as the nurse executive of the
Saint Louis Medical Center (SLMC), utilizes a combination of valid points of reference and
compensation to create a basis for my power management. This paper aims to define a leadership
theory that supports power management, compares and contrasts organizational structures and
their effect on power management, and provides supporting evidence.
Leadership Theory
The leadership theory I will use to help power management, as the nurse executive at
SLMC, is the transformational leadership theory. Transformational leadership is a type of
leadership comprising many idealized features and characteristics that are considered necessary
for developing a working environment that inspires trust, reliability, organizational engagement,
and shared governance, all of which are considered essential for successful unit management
(Frixou et al., 2020). This is done by the nurse executive through the use of management
techniques to turn or grow followers into leaders, encourage front line workers to participate in
their work and decision-making, and create an atmosphere where teamwork and a shared vision
Chamberlain University
NR531
Dr. Fillmore
February 2021
, Management of Power
Power gives one the ability to accomplish tasks and is a crucial characteristic for an
organization's leader. There are numerous approaches to building and creating a power base to
guide the company to achieve goals efficiently. To achieve established objectives, these
approaches, referent, legal, coercive, incentive, expert, charismatic, and informative, are used to
influence and encourage associate participation and performance. The capability to get others to
do something they would not otherwise do can be described as power (Bariff, 2018). Power is
intended to support and grow a leader as a source of knowledge and to help the leader and his/her
workers to strengthen the organization. There are different forms of power; coercive,
compensation, legal, expert, and reference power. My practice, as the nurse executive of the
Saint Louis Medical Center (SLMC), utilizes a combination of valid points of reference and
compensation to create a basis for my power management. This paper aims to define a leadership
theory that supports power management, compares and contrasts organizational structures and
their effect on power management, and provides supporting evidence.
Leadership Theory
The leadership theory I will use to help power management, as the nurse executive at
SLMC, is the transformational leadership theory. Transformational leadership is a type of
leadership comprising many idealized features and characteristics that are considered necessary
for developing a working environment that inspires trust, reliability, organizational engagement,
and shared governance, all of which are considered essential for successful unit management
(Frixou et al., 2020). This is done by the nurse executive through the use of management
techniques to turn or grow followers into leaders, encourage front line workers to participate in
their work and decision-making, and create an atmosphere where teamwork and a shared vision
