ABOUT THE BOOK

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    Accession Number

 B5628

    Title

 Power, Influence, And Persuasion: Sell Your Ideas And Make Things Happen

    Author

 HBS

    Publisher

 Harvard Business School Press

    ISBN

 978-1-59139-631-4

     Summary

Power, influence, and persuasion have always been part of social systems. This book help to understand these three concepts, and offers practical advice on how you can put them to work. Chapter 1 explains why power is necessary in organizations even though our society distrusts power and those who seek it. Chapter 2 discusses the characteristics of positional power, relational power, and personal power. Chapter 3 described real power and it is realized only through some form of expression. Chapter 4 takes the matter of influence s step further by illustrating three specific tactics that any manager can use on the job. Chapter 5 and 6 tackle the concept of persuasion.chapter 7 is about formal presentations, one of the most common opportunities for persuasion in modern business.