Chaper 6- Centrality Of Power

In life there is always going to be some sort of power structure. It is only obvious that there are going to power issues in any organization. We learn five different types of social power according to Robert French and Bertram Raven. There is reward power, coercive power, referent power, expert power, and legitimate power. These different types of powers come down one common theme. One person always has some degree of power over the other. Although, this is an incomplete way of thinking of power. What caught most of my attention was the invisible power that people have over there lives everyday. For example, I am in school so that I have a good job. In today’s world, competition for jobs is vastly growing, so to have an advantage over the next candidate is necessary. People have to work in order to survive. Many people are getting to know this more and more in the U.S. because of the current economic crisis. Our book suggest some type o reform from the invisible power to have a “lifetime of work” the way it is now. Will we see any drastic reform in power over the next eight years? This is something that our president and his staff should look forward to dealing with, while the opportunity is at head.