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M: Organizational Behavior 2nd Edition by Steven McShane, Mary Von Glinow

Edition 2ISBN: 978-0077801960
book M: Organizational Behavior 2nd Edition by Steven McShane, Mary Von Glinow cover

M: Organizational Behavior 2nd Edition by Steven McShane, Mary Von Glinow

Edition 2ISBN: 978-0077801960
Exercise 71
Scenario: The Beswick Company
Your team is allocated a project involving a major client, the Beswick Company. Although the organization has many clients, this client, and project, is the largest source of revenue and affects the work of several other teams in the organization. The project requires continuous involvement with the client, so any problems with the client are immediately felt by others in the organization.
According to the model of power, your team has:
A) very little power in the organization.
B) a high degree of centrality.
C) a high degree of substitutability.
D) a low level of visibility.
E) an absence of referent power.
Explanation
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The team's centrality is high because th...

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