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    overcome their challenges. It is their strength and power within themselves which allows “justice and power” to be “brought together”‚ as the women of that nation would not have been allowed to voice their opinions‚ let along hold any power over authority‚ as the text describes the main antagonist being constricted by their husband. The dialogue “A man’s heart is a wretched‚ wretched thing. It isn’t like a mother’s womb. It won’t bleed. It won’t stretch to make room for you” conveys fear‚ and powerlessness

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    of loyalty and friendship Referent or Reward Power Definition of Influence tactics Coalition Get someone else to persuade you to comply Use someone else’s support as reason for you to comply Coercive Power Legitimating Claims to have the authority to get you to do something Verifying its in the policy manual‚ rules or practices and traditions Legitimate Power Pressure Use demands threats or persistent reminders Coercive Power How is the effectiveness of a tactic determined? Is it consistent

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    Formal organizational theory is based on several major principles. Describe four of these principles. Authority is the lifeblood of the managerial position‚ and the delegation or distribution of authority makes the organization come alive. Authority may be line or staff in nature. The span of management sets limits on the number of subordinates a manager can effectively supervise. The division of work is essential for efficiency. This may require designing jobs (job or work specialization).

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    were Fayol’s 14 principles of management? Henri Fayol argued that there is no limit to the number of principles of management‚ but still he distinguished the following 14: Division of work: to produce more and better work with the same effort. Authority: the right to give orders and the power to exact obedience. Discipline: in essence obedience‚ application‚ energy‚ behavior and outward marks of respect observed in accordance with standing agreements between the firm and its employees Unity of

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    with A’s wishes. DEPENDENCY: B’s relationship to A when A possesses something that B requires. BASES OF POWER: Formal Power: Is established by an individual’s position in an organisation; conveys the ability to coerce or reward‚ from formal authority‚ or from control of information 1. Coercive Power • A power base dependent on fear 2. Reward Power • Compliance achieved based on the ability to distribute rewards that others view as valuable 3. Legitimate Power • The power a person receives

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    Challenging Obstacles for Immigrants Many people migrate to the USA for several reasons‚ to get better life. As we all know the USA is highly developed economically and technologically‚ and it can become a different world to most immigrants. Thus‚ immigrants face various challenges during the first and second year of their entrance in to the USA. Among the challenges‚ language‚ getting a job and culture are common for most of immigrants. The first challenge for immigrants is the language barrier

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    ‘Explain and discuss the relationship between power‚ authority and legitimacy.’ The aim of this essay is the one to discuss more in detail the relationship between power‚ authority and legitimacy. However‚ in order to better understand the issues and arguments which regard the three of them‚ I will give a brief description of the following and at last state the view of the great philosopher Plato. Power is what we define as the ability to force others into doing certain things even against their

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    Classifying Power-Wareing 1999 • Classified power in 3 ways: personal‚ political and social. • Personal- those who hold power as a result of their occupation or role‚ such as teacher’s and employers. • Political- that held by politicians‚ the police and those working in the law courts. • Social- those who hold power as a result of class‚ gender and age. Influential Power • E.g. advertisements‚ politics‚ media and culture • These are not laws and rules which force us to respond to this

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    Obedience”‚ an article which granted him many awards and is now considered a landmark. In this piece‚ he evaluates the extent to which a participant is willing to conform to an authority figure who commands him to execute acts that conflict with his moral beliefs. Milgram discovers that the majority of participants do obey to authority. In this research‚ the subjects are misled because they are part of a learning experience that is not about what they are told. This experiment was appropriate despite this

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    environment‚ the authority figures‚ or the managers‚ are inclined to assert pressure on the employees to ensure their job is executed according to plan. Occasionally‚ the managers may take arbitrary actions that are evidently unnecessary and abusive. In the perspective of the subordinate this is deemed unjust and is the main source of their frustration. These denunciations only depict the managers as baseless‚ evil creatures that derive pleasure from their subordinate’s misery. But are all authority figures

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