POLS 2250 Chapter Notes - Chapter 9: Onboarding
13 Apr 2013
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Relations with an organization, be it a department or crown corporation. Relations between an organization and other entities within government. Appointed officials dealing with bodies existing outside government: concept of power. Useful for describing, and explaining relations between and among organizations, groups, and individuals, between and among governments. Defined: the capacity to secure the dominance of one"s values or goals: control and influence. Control: form of power in which a has authority to direct or command b. Influence: when b conforms to a"s desires, values, or goals by suggestion, persuasion, emulation, or anticipation, then a excercises influence over b. Internal interactions: intradepartmental activities; staff and line officials, deputy ministers carrying out their roles and giving advice to ministers. External within government: interdepartmental, executive-bureaucratic, legislative-bureaucratic, judicial-bureaucratic; other departments and agencies, Pm, cabinet, parliament and agents, federal and provincial courts. Horizontal relations: public servants coordinating with counterparts in other organizations. External outside government: intergovernmental, governmental- nongovernmental; provincial/territorial/local governments, pressure groups, media, parties.
