beginning 29 April 2013 Topic 7: Power and Conflicts Textbook question: Which power bases lie with the individual? Which are derived from the organisation? (max. 200 words) Power bases that lie with the individual include expert power‚ which is the power gained because of the ability of someone with expert knowledge in a field. Another one is the referent power‚ which is the power that gained due to individual possessing characteristics desirable to others. Power bases that are derived from the
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Importance of and Employee Satisfaction Your employees have a wealth of information about what it is like to work at your company‚ and what your customers are telling them about your company and your competitors. Your employees also have considerable knowledge about what can be done to improve your company’s productivity‚ quality‚ customer service‚ customer satisfaction‚ customer loyalty‚ growth and profit‚ and what can be done to improve your risk profile. Equally important‚ your employees know
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What is TQM? Total Quality Management (TQM) is a structured system for meeting and exceeding customer needs and expectations by creating organization-wide participation in the planning and implementation of improvement (continuous and breakthrough) processes. Why TQM? In a global marketplace a major characteristic that will distinguish those organizations that are successful will be the quality of leadership‚ management‚ employees‚ work processes‚ product‚ and service. This means that products
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transportation‚ shelter‚ health care‚ and a decent meal‚ and they can only dream of buying a pair of Nikes for themselves. In this situation‚ is Nike being unethical? The answer for that question would probably be yes. Nowadays‚ being ethical in your organization is very important as it is a crucial factor for the organization’s success. Companies with strong ethics program tend to have a better reputation‚ can reduce potential costly fines‚ provide better access to capital‚ enhance customer loyalty‚ and
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authority. While I have rarely considered communications in the terms described by what we have learned in class this semester‚ I have definetly pondered the challenges and processes through which communication is expressed throughout professional organizations. In the business setting‚ I was most comfortable communicating individually with my employees‚ as well as‚ various customers and citizens who were interested in our companies services. I believe that my personality‚ interpersonal skills‚ educational
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The Middle Ages were a time of change. This time‚ lasting from about 400 to 1500‚ changed many people’s lives drastically. In Western Europe‚ life for many groups was affected. The power and importance of the Pope‚ the Kings‚ and the Nobles was greatly altered. The Pope was affected in many ways. One way was caused when the Pope reformed the church. In the early middle ages‚ the Catholic Popes had control in many political matters‚ and feudal lords had control over church officials. In the eleventh
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The Importance of Communication Skills in Your Organization And Life The importance of communication skills in your organization is high and should be made a priority if it is not already. The importance of communication skills exists because without communication no real or effective work could ever be carried out. So‚ the importance of communication skills in your business is to promote more effective business practices and allow individuals within the organization to feel comfortable communicating
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BUSI1475 Topic: GAINING POWER THROUGH EFFECTIVE COMMUNICATION IN ORGANIZATION Contents 1. Introduction 2 2. concepts of communication and power 2 2.1 Communication definition 2 2.2 Power definition 3 3. communication functions 3 4. Communication process and channels 4 4.1 Communication process 4 4.2 Communication channels 5 5. communication barriers 6 6. Polyphony 7 7. power characteristics and relationship between commnucation & power 8 8. case study 8
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TOPIC 2: Perception and its impact on communication‚ power and politics in organizations Introduction Organizations establishment function to fulfill needs of the people. In today’s competitive and yet challenging world‚ the organizations have to be growth-oriented. Organizations are composed of number of individuals working independently or in teams‚ and number of such teams makes a department and number of such departments makes an organization. It is a formal structure and all departments have
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Illinois has eleven nuclear power plants‚ which is the largest one out of thirty-one states. According to Encyclopedia of Energy‚ Alok Kumar‚ “There are one hundred and four operational nuclear power plants in the United States‚ providing nineteen percent of the total electricity‚ which amounts to approximately 100‚000 mw.” Since there are a few states left that do not have power plants‚ maybe they could raise money and build some nuclear power plants and then that would also help the U.S. in reducing
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