Use the military experience $-$ Describe an experience where you felt that an organizational member abused his$/$her power. Specify which form of power that individual had $($i$.$e$.$ legitimate, expert, reward, coercion, ability to apply normative sanctions, and$/$or opportunity$).$

Then, describe an experience where you felt an organizational member used his$/$her power for the good of the organization, maybe even sacrificing their self$-$interests. Specify which form of power that individual had. What do you believe are the differences between the individual who used power for good and the one who used power for bad $-$ were there extenuating circumstances?

Legitimate: an individual$$s formal authority derived from their

structural position in the hierarchy.

$$ Expert: an individual$$s skills, knowledge, or information needed

by others.

$$ Reward: control to provide scarce and critical resources $($i$.$e$.$

budgets, raw materials, technology, physical space$)$

$$ Coercion: control to threaten and$/$or withhold or retract

resources.

$$ Ability to apply normative sanctions: informal rules and

expectations set up by cultural assumptions and values.

$$ Opportunity: access to powerful positions.