• Reward power: ones ability to provide others with what they desire.
• Coercive power: the ability to punish others.
• Legitimate power: organizational authority based on rights associated with a persons appointed position.
• Referent power: authority through the motivation to identify with or please a person.
• Expert power: recognition of ones knowledge, skills, and ability.
• Information power: ones control over the flow of and access to information
• Choose one of the these types of power described in the text. Explain the meaning of your chosen power in your own words and provide an example that you have personally seen demonstrating how an individual (or organization) has used your chosen power.