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    Peter Weir and is set at the conservative and aristocratic Preparatory Academy in Vermont in 1959. Dead Poet’s Society investigates how authority and control can be damaging to young people. This is demonstrated by the traditionalist nature of the school‚ its rules and teaching style as well as Neil’s over controlling father. In contrast‚ Mr. Keating uses his authority to teach the boys to be free thinkers and to be able to express themselves as individuals. The stringent teaching techniques the school

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    that the farm will be full of guards and have locked gates and that it will never change who he is . Brett’s negativity towards authority is expressed in his antagonism towards the police but throughout the novel Brett comes to understand that not all power and authority is like that represented by police that power is non-merely vested in institution’s and authority figures but there are sensitive and compassionate individuals that through the book help Brett to regain control over his own destiny

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    1983 film‚ The King of Comedy. Both character’s share positions of supremacy and therefore can be easily contrasted with reference to their similarities and differences. J.J. is the most powerful newspaper columnist in New York‚ thus yielding authority with his command over the press. Jerry is a famous talk show host and comedian (i.e. “The King of Comedy”) and therefore his power lies within the control over the entertainment business. How is this sense of power similar between characters? Both

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    their actions are usually a result of obedience or of their current situation‚ rather than their personality. In Milgram’s article‚ he explains an experiment he designed to test whether the subjects of the experiment would refuse the orders of authority and follow

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    organizational politics. Introduce the issues and practices of power and organizational politics. Power and politics within an organization revolve around staff and involves many facets of the organization including company resources‚ money‚ time and authority. Power is the ability of an individual or group to influence others to do what they want done. Politics is the use of techniques and tactics by an individual or group to achieve power and influence within an organization.  Organizational power and

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    Outline & Evaluate one or more Explanations of Why People Obey. There are many reasons as to why people obey which have been justified gradually over several decades. Milgram (1974) argued the fact that in an obedience situation‚ people tend to pass all sense of responsibility onto the authoritative figure. Milgram said that people are in an autonomous state when taking their responsibility but move into an agentic state when passing this responsibility to an authoritative figure; this shift in

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    Introduction Understanding the need to develop organisation behaviour within organisations seems like something of a taboo subject until you understand the depth of the subject. If we view the organisation as an iceberg‚ above the water one can see goals‚ structure‚ Rules‚ technology and procedures. But under the water‚ the part of the organisation that is unseen there are values‚ feelings‚ attitudes‚ perception‚ group norms‚ informal interactions‚ belifs and assumption. Fig 1.1The organisational

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    Raw by Scott Monk Study Guide – The Australian Experience Carragh Byrne-Smith English Standard – Year 11 Ms. Barwick 2013 Raw by Scott Monk Mandatory Tasks Study Creative Process – Language and structure Read the transcript of the interview with Scott Monk. Make notes on: What inspired him to write the story? What influenced him in choosing the setting for the story? What techniques did he use throughout the novel‚ List these and provide an example of each. When Scott Monk

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    “Power tends to corrupt and absolute power corrupts absolutely.” Those with the power become corrupted‚ but so does the people under their authority. The Animal Farm novel portrays exactly how this takes place. Leaders may start off with the best of intentions but they often become power hungry and corrupt‚ resorting to all kinds of evilness in order to maintain their new status. For example‚ the idea of Animalism‚ first created by Old Major‚ in itself is a bright vision. It is only after Old Major’s

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    An Enemy of the People Dr. Thomas Stockmann was a determined and caring man who was passionate when it came to his beliefs. However‚ Stockmann was also an idealist who was rather naive when it came to reality. As the Medical Advisor of the baths‚ he wanted to expose the truth of the hazards that the baths presented before any more people became ill. He fought with the fervor of a true patriot‚ but was accused of trying to sabotage the hometown that he was fighting for and was condemned as

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