Week 8 – Power of Authority

I agree with the text book about the three sources of power. Information and knowledge , persons in authority , instrumentalities such as architecture, technology and capital are ones mentioned in the text book. An example that i can think of for a person in authority is an graduate or undergraduate adviser. In my first semester i had taken a course that was not an elective or a core of my department and so my adviser said that he would not consider it and because i had crossed the drop date i would have to take that course anyway. I approached to him again and asked him again the next semester if he would consider it, all he said was write an application and that he would consider it. He changed his decision which was very good for me but he could totally do that without having to answere anyone. He has the power to accept or reject of course on valid reasons but him being the adviser gives him the power to take such decision

week 8 - Power due to knowledge

The text book poses many questions on page 251 about what are the types of knowledge are the most highly priced today in our society?, which profession or positions are most highly paid? Well in terms of knowledge i would say that doctors are highly priced, may be they even deserve it as they spend almost half their life studying. And i would say that doctors do gain a lot of respect as it is a noble job but of course they do get highly paid for it. If i am not wrong i think they even get ranked as A grade citizens, I am sure this is true in case of India but not so sure if this is globally accepted.
And my thoughts on the profession that are most highly paid are the top actors. It is amazing how they get so highly paid and i do not understand as to why are they paid so much. Well I guess in today's world if someone wants to make a lot of money, entertainment business is the way to go.

week 8 - Power

I agree with most of the statements about power given in the beginning of the 9th chapter, however i am in agreement that with power comes corruption. I am from India and I have seen this happen all the time, if people have to get any work done from the officials or any authority, it is very common that the officials have to be bribed. It is very sad but true in case of India. I believe that corruption is more common at a more higher level such as politicians etc. I think power gives an authority that can be misused very easily. A person has to be ethically very strong to be able to resist corruption and not to misuse power. I need we need more people in the world who truely understand the meaning of power and not misuse it.