Power and Authority at Work

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This paper discusses the issues of power, authority and influence over others within the confines of the workplace. It focuses on how these issues pertain to leadership. The paper emphasizes the discussion in Chapter 8 of "Cracking the Corporate Code: The Revealing Success Stories of 32 African-American Executives" by Price Cobbs and Judith Turnock, in which the paper discusses what Frank Fountain and Paula Banks do to acquire corporate power and influence.

From the Paper:

"Paula Banks handled her rise to the top by refusal (Cobbs & Turnock, 2003). However, she still had to stop and rethink her career strategy. She was working to be a store manager, and was sidetracked into working with Human Resources (HR). She had been promised a store manager position very soon, but eventually she was told it would be at least 8 years before that could take place. However, if she did not want to wait that long, she could change her career path and become the head of HR for one of the catalog distribution sectors (Cobbs & Turnock, 2003). While she did not want HR, she also did not want to spend 8 long years working for a store manager position. Her refusal to insist on getting what she was originally promised was not accepted, and many believe that this is due to the fact of being female (Cobbs & Turnock, 2003)."

Sample of Sources Used:

• Cobbs, Price M., & Turnock, Judith L. (2003). Cracking the Corporate Code: The Revealing Success Stories of 32 African-American Executives. Chapter 8. American Management Association. http://www.amanet.org/books/catalog/0814407714_ch.htm

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