The CEO of New Millennium Enterprises

wants to consolidate the activities of various departments within the

organization.  She knows that this will

lead to the loss of some jobs and if the decision “comes from the top” it will

lead to opposition and a decrease in morale of her employees.  To try to diffuse this opposition and

decrease in morale she appoints a committee of employees and charges them with

suggesting ways in which the functioning of the company can become more

“efficient.”  By allowing her employees

to participate in the decision to combine the departments, she has used which

of Yukl’s means of political power?