Rosabeth Moss Kanter, a distinguished professor at Harvard Business School, is a respected business expert and visionary. Professor Kanter has been referred to as one of the 50 most influential business thinkers in the world and her strategic and practical insights have guided organizations and their leaders for decades.
One of Professor Kanter's most ground-breaking studies examined power dynamics in organizations, and is considered a classic reading in Organizational Behavior. Please read the attached article, entitled 'Power Failure in Management Circuits' (Harvard Business Review, 1979).
Let's consider the following questions for our discussion:
According to Kanter, what are the three organizational sources of power?
What do you believe are the key points/takeaways of this article?
How can these key points be applied to today's real-world issues, trends, and challenges organizations face in terms of effective leadership, management, and power structure?
https://hbr.org/1979/07/power-failure-in-management-circuits