PAP 3370 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Shared Belief, Optimal Design, Social Influence
12 Mar 2016
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Offends prevailing notions of individual equality in anglo-america. Lack of reflection on what power is. Treatments present it as ubiquitous and amorphous. Power comes to mean and explain everything and ends up meaning and explaining nothing. Power as getting things done in a particular way. Needs to be relativized because its dependent on context and social relationships. Importance of identifying techniques of power that trigger desired forms of behavior. How individual disposition has changed since entering an organization. Actions of an agent that can shape another. Influence can push back even though an action has led to the desired effect. Their presence is key gets something done for the organization (e. g. productivity) Organizations made up of individuals who want to influence decisions. Time of entry affects how individuals will try to shape it. Mintzberg"s influencers who seek to shape the organization. Identify source, expend energy, and engage in politicking.
