Here we are interested in the power that people can marshal for collaborative enterprise.
Bill Smith's approach to power is practical and useful. It relies on three types of power: 1. Appreciative power (the beauty of the whole) 2. Influence power (the power of negotiation and other political maneuvers) 3. Control power (resources and capability to do something.
Power is a commonly used term with a span of meanings. 1. Power for... The most expansive and inclusive 2. Power of or with... The social negotiation and narrowing 3. Power to... The physical focus
Less prosocial forms are: Power over... Power full...
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Power in physics is the rate with respect to time at which work is done. The dimension of power is energy divided by time. Work is the product of force and displacement (movement in space).