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Subject: Re: Leadership in Small Groups
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Date: 25 Sep 88 19:21:08 GMT
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I received the following in the mail from 
premise!stein@EDDIE.MIT.EDU (Rich Epstein):

|  Concerning leadership:

|  Some possibly useful exerpts (paraphrased) from "Communicating at Work"
|  by Ronald B. Adler (pgs. 211-213).

|  Although some groups have an official leader, the power in a group
|  can be based on a number of factors:

|  Legitimate Power - officially the boss

|  Coercive Power - power to punish ("If you don't follow at least some
|  of my suggestions, I'll refuse to cooperate.")

|  Reward Power - both official and social (goodwill, voluntary assistance)

|  Expert Power - groups recognition of expertise

|  Referent Power - power due to the way others feel about them (respect,
|  	attraction, or liking)

|  Information Power - (_my favorite_ - different from expert power - more
|  general and obscure. Also involves grapevine info - "I just heard
|  there's plenty of money in the travel budget")

|  Connection Power - who you have influence with.



|  The book is pretty easy reading and have some good ideas. It was
|  used at a course at the Harvard Extension School two years ago.


|  So, pick a power, and see how it works.

|  -Richard W. Epstein, Robin Computing Inc, Arlington MA 02174
|  -(guest at Premise)


--Sharon Pedersen
  Math Dept., Univ. of California, Berkeley, CA  94720
  pedersen@math.berkeley.edu,  ucbvax!math!pedersen