Question

In the last one week, May and Phyllis have been putting in extra hours at work so that the project assigned to them is completed on time. Though the manager was due to assign two more people to this project, he had not done so and, instead, was emphasizing to employees the importance of adhering to the needs of the department in regard to workload. As a result, May and Phyllis, who had double their routine workload, complained to the division manager. May was promptly suspended from work for complaining about her immediate supervisor. This scenario describes ________ power.

Answer 1

Answer:This scenario describes Coercive power.

Step-by-step explanation:

Coercive power occurs when a manager uses his authority to forcefully threaten an employee to follow a given instruction if an employee doesn't abide by that order the manager promises to punish them.

It about forcing someone to follow or do something that they may not approve of by threatening them. Example of these threats may be to demote an employee, cut of their salary or fire them unless if they follow your orders.

The manager had told the employees to adhere to the needs of the department in regard to workload however May started to complain about the workload hence she got suspended as the manager decided to use coercive power.