INTRODUCTION
It used to be that it was impolite to talk about sex, politics or religion in social settings. Today, power seems to have replaced sex as the no-go area in polite society. In the age of equality, no one wants to talk about it, let alone admit that they exercise power over other people. Yet political and managerial power continues to exist. Every employer has the power to dismiss a member of staff, and statistics show that most people who lose their job are only about four pay packets away from severe financial difficulty. This means that managers have the potential to exercise very significant power over their staff if they decide to use it.
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- 70 to 72 discuss the three types of control that they can ...
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