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Power - Nature, Types, Dimensions, And Conseqences

The document discusses the concept of power, its nature, dimensions, and types, emphasizing its role in social relationships and governance. It outlines various forms of authority, including traditional, rational-legal, and charismatic, as well as types of power such as legitimate, reward, coercive, expert, and referent. Additionally, it highlights powerful nations and the factors contributing to their strength in the global context.

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Power - Nature, Types, Dimensions, And Conseqences

The document discusses the concept of power, its nature, dimensions, and types, emphasizing its role in social relationships and governance. It outlines various forms of authority, including traditional, rational-legal, and charismatic, as well as types of power such as legitimate, reward, coercive, expert, and referent. Additionally, it highlights powerful nations and the factors contributing to their strength in the global context.

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1. Your mother ask you to buy flour in the bakery.

2.Agnes tries to escape a building on fire by


breaking the windows using her ukulele.
3.The teacher asks the class to return immediately
the classroom globe to its proper place.
4.Protesters on the streets forced the police to
direct traffic into an alternate route.
5.The president made sure that his constituents were
happy by giving away gifts and other goods
during Christmas.
6. The stage director decided to kick the lead actor
out of the play after 72 retakes.
7. The 1986 EDSA People Power Revolution displayed
unity of the people in ousting a tyrant.
8. You got into a heated argument after someone
accidentally spilled coffee on your pants while
you were on a café.
9. A general ordered his troops to withdraw from
the field of battle.
10. An artist used realism as a painting method to
depict the beautiful sceneries in Batanes.
Nature, Dimensions / Types
and Consequences of

POWER
JOVEN M. QUIAMBAO
SHS Teacher II
POWER
It is the ability to achieve a desired outcome in a
relationship wherein a group/person can impose its will
over another (Dahl, 1950).
An inescapable feature of human social life and
structure.
The capacity for influence and that influence is based
on the control of resources valued or desired by others.
POWER
The ability to get what you want.
An authority held by a group within a
society that allows for the administration of
public resources and implement policies for
society.
NATURE OF POWER
POWER
- the ability to influence another person
INFLUENCE
- the process of affecting the thoughts, behavior, and
feelings of another person.
AUTHORITY
- the right to influence another person
POLITICAL POWER
LEGITIMACY
- the right of the government to rule
SOVEREIGNTY
- the ability of a national government to be the sole leader
- the last word of law in the society
AUTHORITY
- the ability to command respect and exercise power.
Can you name at least 4
powerful nations in the
world?
MOST POWERFUL NATION

USA
RUSSIA
CHINA
GERMANY
HOW CAN A NATION BECOME A
POWERFUL NATION/COUNTRY
IN THE WORLD?
DIMENSION OF POWER
POWER AS A DECISION-MAKING
- who decides
- what to do
- how to execute
DIMENSION OF POWER
POWER AS AGENDA SETTING
- ability to set or control political agenda
- highlighting one at the exclusion of other
issues
DIMENSION OF POWER
POWER AS THOUGHT CONTROL
- power is seen as ideological indoctrination
- a psychological control where one has the
ability to change or shape how another thinks
or behave.
POWER AND AUTHORITY
Power is considered authority when it is
recognized as legitimate.
TYPES OF AUTHORITY
1. TRADITIONAL
- based on acceptance of high regard of traditions. Ex. Monarchies
TYPES OF AUTHORITY
1. TRADITIONAL
- based on acceptance of high regard of traditions. Ex. Monarchies
2. RATIONAL-LEGAL
- Authority is based on impersonal rules and regulations
- people obey through the legitimate command from a leader
TYPES OF AUTHORITY
1. TRADITIONAL
- based on acceptance of high regard of traditions. Ex. Monarchies
2. RATIONAL-LEGAL
- Authority is based on impersonal rules and regulations
- people obey through the legitimate command from a leader
3. CHARISMATIC
- Obedience is based on personal characteristics of a leader
- qualities are considered to be exceptional
Where does power
come from?
TYPES OF POWER
LEGITIMATE
- the power a person receives as a result of
his/her position in the formal hierarchy of
organization
- Act as a formalized way of ensuring that there
is someone to make a decision making
TYPES OF POWER
2. REWARD
- power that achieves compliance based on the
ability to distribute rewards that others view as
valuable
- the concept that, if you do this, you will receive
something in return.
TYPES OF POWER
3. COERCIVE
- the power is based on fear of negative result
- it relies on threats, bullying and “or else”
- they use it to motivate those that are beneath
them
TYPES OF POWER
4. EXPERT
- the influence is based on special skills or
knowledge
- the power of having insights or information
that others don’t have access to.
TYPES OF POWER
5. REFERENT
- Influence based on possession by an individual of
desirable resources or personal traits.
- the desire to please
- the power and ability for an individual to attract
others and to build loyalty within them.
GIVE FIVE (5) PICTURES OF
POWERFUL PERSONALITIES IN THE
WORLD AND GIVE EXPLANATION ON
HOW THEY BECAME POWERFUL.

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