ReadCase Study # 28 (The Struggle for Power at Midwest Hospital System)by Tracy H. Porterin the Case Studies Compendium entitled"Case Studies in Organizational Behavior and Theory for Health Care"by Gloria Deckard and Nancy Borkowski. Answer the list of questions below.

1. French & Raven introduced five bases of power: Coercive, Reward, Legitimate, Referent, and Expert.

1. Coercive Power: The ability to force someone to do something that he/she does not desire to do?
2. Reward Power: The ability to grant another person things that
3. Legitimate Power: The ability to the ability to administer to another certain feelings of obligation or the notion of responsibility.
4. Referent Power: The ability to administer to another a sense of personal acceptance or personal approval
5. Expert Power: The ability to administer to another information, knowledge, or expertise.

Which of French and Raven's power baes does each of the candidate exhibit?

2. How do you believe the clinical and non-clinical employees view the power of each candidate?

3. Based on what you have learned about each candidate, which individual would you choose as the new CEO? Why?