In both the power basis is the same, that is, arrangements over contingency, over 'yes' and 'no' in relation to desired roles. This becomes a power basis to the extent that interests, incumbencies or expectations develop, whose removal or disregard can function as an avoidance alternative. Nevertheless the two types of power differ from one another in important respects. Organizational power relates to the membership as a whole, personnel power to the characteristics of a job, which one occupies and desires to occupy.

DEFINE: Distinguishes organizational power (membership-wide) from personnel power (job-specific characteristics).

Niklas Luhmann, Trust and Power, loc. 791