Question

"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.

Answer 1

Answer:

B. a high degree of centrality

Explanation:

According to the model of power, there are four contingencies of power which are; centrality ,substitutability, visibility and discretion and each may be high or low within the organization, depending on the scenario.

Centrality refers to how dependent others are, on the person or group holding power, and to what extent the actions of those holding power can affect the people depending on them.

The higher the number of people dependent on the power holder, the higher the degree of centrality.

Therefore, my team has a high degree of centrality because the work of several other teams are dependent on my team's performance.