Power -- Management literature: from goals to power -- The power game and the players -- The external influencers -- External means of influence -- The board of directors -- Three basic external coalitions -- Design of the internal coalition -- The internal influencers -- The system of authority -- The system of ideology -- The system of expertise -- The system of politics -- Reconciling the systems of influence in the internal coalition -- Determination of organizational goals -- Specific goals in organizations -- Deriving configurations from coalitions -- The instrument -- The closed system -- The autocracy -- The missionary -- The meritocracy -- The political arena -- Transitions among the power configurations -- A conceptual horseshoe -- "Nationalize it" -- "Democratize it" -- "Regulate it" -- "Pressure it" -- "Trust it" -- "Ignore it" -- "Induce it" -- "Restore it" -- A personal view (or "if the shoe fits ... ").