“Power has remained one of the least understood and most abused concepts within organizations” (Reed, 1996). It created some debates considering different perspectives and sources of power. Power can be defined as the potential ability to influence behaviors, changing the outcome of events and inducing people to do things they otherwise would not do (J. Pfeffer, 1992). The role of power is characterized by individuals or groups of individuals acquiring power through their position and control of resources (Clegg et al., 2006). Various types of power can be identified by establishing a power base, the stronger this base, the greater the power and potential influence (French and Raven, 1959). Power is an essential tool for achieving goals and is part of every organization. This essay will explore who holds power within organizations by considering bureaucratic and post-bureaucratic perspectives, how power is used, and how much control management has. Throughout the essay I will critically discuss the extent to which different perspectives on power in today's organizations are realistic. Many scholars have debated power regarding who has what power and who has power over whom (Clegg, et al., 2006 ). Power can be defined in many ways when analyzing perspectives such as unitarian, pluralist, and radical. A unitary perspective establishes power as a single source of authority, where employees and managers share the same interests and a common purpose and therefore exercise legitimate power – managing for the best interests of the organization (Fox, 1966). Employees agree to sell their workforce and assume authority in exchange for a salary. Here the power remains firmly in the hands of the employees... middle of paper... ct. This leads to expressing a high culture with particular values, shaping their way of seeing society with objectives such as profit and teaching young people to be consumers. Walt Disney, being a multi-billion dollar media company, has become the primary, educational and cultural force controlling what identity to create and what message to convey. Disney uses various strategies to increase its audience, starting with "studying" children by working with child psychologists and other experts to better understand child culture. These strategies have been criticized by many and demonstrate the hidden reality of Disney as an economic and political power accused of "dismantling the public foundations for a thriving civic culture" and of promoting an ideology against its interests translated into the manipulation and control of children's wishes (HA Giroux, 2011)