Answer the following statements true (T) or false (F)

Question

1. Managers' legitimate power allows them to hire, fire, reward, and punish. 
2. One's authority comes as part of one's job.
3. Power that is directed at helping oneself is called self-serving power. 
4. Manager's authority to punish their subordinates results in coercive power. 

Answer 1

1. TRUE
Managers have legitimate power that derives from the formal authority of the positions to which they have been appointed. This power allows managers to hire and fire, reward and punish.
2. TRUE
Authority is the right to perform or command; it comes with the job. In contrast, power is the extent to which a person is able to influence others so they respond to orders.
3. FALSE
People who pursue personalized power, which is power directed at helping oneself, as a way of enhancing their own selfish ends may give the word power a bad name.
4. TRUE
Coercive power, which all managers have, results from managers' authority to punish their subordinates.