Education 234:

MANAGEMENT
BEHAVIOR IN
EDUCATION
ROSEDIN S. BOHOLST
MASTER OF ARTS IN EDUCATION
Major in Educational Management
Unit V - Administrative
Behavior
•V.4: Balance of
Authority and
Influence

March 13,2022 Teacher Rosedin 2

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V.4: Balance of
Authority and
Influence

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Dealing with
Power and
Influence
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Various Sources of Power
• Source:
Harper et al.
https://youtu.be/2jW1
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Legitimate
• ability to request
certain behaviors of
others based on title,
roles, or position
(elected/ appointed)

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Reward •ability to control the
allocation of
rewards valued by
others and to remove
negative sanctions

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Coercive • ability to apply punishment
(i.e., peer pressure) or take
away items of value

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Expert •ability to influence
others based on the
possession of
valuable
knowledge or skills

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 •ability to
Referent influence others
because the
leader is admired
and respected

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Information •ability to influence
based on access to
and control over
distribution of
information

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Ecological

ability to influence how tasks are organize

or the ability to alter the team’s physical
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Various Methods of Influence
Yukl & Tracey (1992)

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Tactics to
Increase
Influence
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Offer assistance • Decrease workload, improve quality of
work, help with goal attainment, or
make others feel appreciated
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Stand out as a • Offer valuable information,
source resources, or expertise

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Resolve
conflicts
• Guide the team
toward a common
goal; solve problems
to keep the team on
track
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Persuade team
members think
differently
• Frame issues in different
ways to lead to
discovery of  alternate
solutions or new
opportunities
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Go above and
beyond
• Collaborate,
contribute to
individuals, and
support the team
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Show interest
in others
•Indicate your
understanding of
other people’s
needs and interest
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 Reflection: Do I want to be powerful or an influencer?
Influence and Power (Authority) can often reside within you. You have the ability to acquire both. However, to
be a leader in my classroom a balance of authority and influence is needed. Instead of choosing one between a powerful
leader or an effective influencer, I am much prefer to ask my self this “Do I Have the Characteristics of a Powerful
Influencer?”. Upon researching this topic, I noticed that a well-balanced mindset is the key. Human as we are, We have a
unique personality and set of experiences that would guide us to become a good administrator someday.
We need leaders who can balance power and influence, push and pull. We must always remember that
too much emphasis on power can be frustrating and tend to diminish people. On the other hand, too much effort on
the influence side of our scale, we might never get to where we want to go because leaders are not making it
happen when the going gets tough.
To sum it up, effective leaders must balance power and influence. They must leverage power effectively
with an unwavering commitment to achieve change, and by making it clear through their words, actions and
decisions that the change will happen. Leaders must leverage influence by enabling each individual to navigate the
change in their own way, and by having the flexibility to understand and learn from resistance when it happens.
Leaders must exercise both push and pull forces as needed to drive change forward .
To the future administrators, please bear in mind always to have a well-balanced mindset on the used of Power
and Influence.
As a healthy individual or organization, power and influence are proportionate attributes, counterbalancing each other. Thank
You, God Speed.

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Thank You!
ROSEDIN S. BOHOLST

rosedin.boholst@deped.gov.ph

bzmine2007@gmail.com

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