Two coworkers at Oracle came up with an idea for renting software over the Internet. Oracle's top management liked the idea and set up a special division called Channelware devoted to taking the idea and making a new product. The ability of the Nortel top management to create this new division and assign employees to it is a result of their having which of the following?

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Legitimate power is the power to assign tasks or roles based on a person's position or title within an organization. In this scenario, the top management at Nortel had the legitimate power to create a new division and assign employees to work on a new product idea.

Two Coworkers at Oracle Came Up with an Idea for Renting