The Operations Manager’s Toolbox: Using the Best Project Management Techniques to Improve Processes and Maximize Efficiency

1. The Power of Completion

How Do You Gain Power from Completion?

Power in an organization can be defined in several ways, but this chapter focuses on the area of task and project completion and the types of power that can be accomplished through completion. Understanding power should not have us confined to the area of referent or authoritative power, but should challenge us to expand our critical thinking to explore where power can be found throughout a manager’s leadership. Within management, there are areas over which managers have power or feel that they have more control, which can come across as power, and other areas that seem to be a power drain. Power can also be found in some of the most insignificant areas of leadership and might ...