Chapter 9
Power, Conflict, and Coalitions
What is the title of Chapter 9?
A style of negotiation that focuses on problem solving and is aimed at devising agreements that yield considerable gain to both parties.
What is the definition of creating value?
Theater for ongoing contests among different interests and agendas.
What is the definition of the political arena?
Organizations are coalitions of different individuals and interest groups.
What is a Political Frame Assumption?
The song used to represent the Political Frame.
What is Welcome to the Jungle?
The capacity to make things happen.
What is the definition of power (Bolman and Deal)?
Bargaining in which each party stakes out a position and then reluctantly makes concessions in order to reach agreement.
What is the definition of positional bargaining?
Vehicle for achieving the goals and purposes of those in control.
What is the definition of the political agent?
Power, politics, conflict, coalitions, and conflicting goals
What are central themes of the Political Frame?
Satirical images expressing the artist's opinion of political or other social ills used throughout the presentation.
What are political cartoons?
Alliances form because members have interests in common
Individuals and groups are interdependent on each other; power is multidirectional
What are reasons that organizations are seen as coalitions?
Skills of the Manager as a Politician
Ethics and politics
What are two key ideas of the manager as a politician?
The system of external environmental agents within which an organization functions and with which it interacts
Interdependence, enduring differences, scarce resources, and the distribution and exercise of power
What are sources of politics and political behavior in organizations?
Advocacy
What is the image of the political leadership frame?
Make binding decisions
Agents of social control
Seek to maintain authority; their position depends on it
What are characteristics of Authorities (parents)?
Mutuality
Generality
Openness
Caring
What are ethical criteria in bargaining and organizational politics?
Rules of the game
Players
Stakes
What shapes the Political arena?
System in which power is highly concentrated and everything is tightly regulated.
System in which power is diffuse and control is very loose.
What are Overbounded and Underbounded systems?
Chapter 9, Chapter 10 and Chapter 11
What are the chapters of the Political Frame?
Horizontal - between departments of divisions
Vertical - between levels
Cultural - between groups with differing values, traditions, beliefs, and lifestyles
What are types of conflict?
Agenda Setting
Mapping the Political Terrain
Networking and Building Coalitions
Bargaining and Negotiation
What are skills of the manager as a politician?
“Organizational field” in which competitors and allies co-evolve
What is the ecosystem of the organization?
Position power
Control of rewards
Coercive power
Information and expertise
Reputation
What are sources of power?
Sarah Hernandez, Melissa Calvillo, Megan Leino, Nick Churchill
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Who are the presenters of todays frame?