If you select the BASES OF POWER, scan the news to find good examples of people and situations/scenarios for EACH of the six types of power. You might not be able to find one story that shows all six bases of power; you will probably use six different stories.

Your paper will consist of six sections. Each section will be a paragraph about a particular type of power (i.e., the first section will be about Legitimate power; the second section will be about Reward power, and so on). For each story illustrating a particular type of power, you should provide a sentence or two identifying this: who the person is, what organization he or she is a part of, and what the situation is that allows the person to utilize this type of power. You will then have a sentence or two describing whether you feel that the use of that type of power is appropriate or not in this situation, and why or why not. If you feel that the type of power is NOT appropriate, suggest what type of power might have been more appropriate and/or effective in this situation. Make sure in EACH SECTION to identify what the type of power is!