PPT-Conflict, Power, and Politics

2017 Cengage Learning All Rights Reserved May not be scanned copied or duplicated or posted to a publicly accessible website in whole or in part Organization Theory and Design Twelfth Edition. Presentation . for OCSTA . by Fr. . Rémi. . Lessard. 1. The Nature of Conflict. Conflict is a normal and inevitable part of life. The effects of conflict can be either disruptive and destructive or creative and constructive.. At first glance, American politics is complicated and complex, but upon further examination, everything that happens in the American political process has a logical and often simple explanation. . Why Do We Have a Government?. Political Thinking:. Becoming a Responsible Citizen. I. . Learning . to Think Politically. A. Barriers . to Political Thinking. B. What . Political Science Can Contribute to Political . Thinking. C. Political Culture. Prof. Dr. Alan Fowler. Civic Driven Change: Where From? Where Now? Where Next?. The Address. Civic Driven Change. Is about designing and wearing better spectacles to see, understand, think about and act on socio-political processes.. By . Zacharys Anger Gundu, PhD. Dubai Leadership Summit, December, 2011. LEARNING OBJECTIVES. We will get down the bus with these. Destination: Dubai Leadership Summit. The meaning of organizational politics.. Theory of International Relations. Dr. . Yujen. . Kuo. Bobby Ritter. Prerequisites of a . G. eneral Theory of Conflict and War . No single general theory of conflict and war exists that is acceptable to . Presented at the SIM Fairfield-Westchester Chapter. By June . Drewry. March 19, . 2015. THE BAR HAS BEEN RAISED. IT Geeks. Strong IT Controllers. Great Firefighters. Running IT . as a . Cost . C. enter. Mark Federle. Associate Dean for Academic Affairs. OPUS College of Engineering and. McShane Professor in Construction Engineering and Management. Department of Civil Construction and Environmental Engineering. ? . Andrew . Heywood: Chapter 1, pp. 3-13. . Chapter Outline: . Defining . politics. . Politics as the art of government. Politics as public affairs . Politics as compromise and consensus . Politics as power . Essential Question: What is the nature of the relationship between the citizen and the state?. Politics . The process by which groups make decisions. Cause of social change. Democratic governments exercise power through the will of the people. Think-Pair-Share:. What tends to cause conflict between two different people or two different groups?. What is Conflict Theory?. Conflict theory believes that:. . There is often competition between various groups for . Creating a Distinctive American Culture in the 18. th. Century. Making Sense of 18. th. Century American Politics. Inheritance of British ideology about government. Divergence: The Nature of American politics. Hobbes. Hobbes. Wrote Leviathan (1660). Argued that the state of nature is “solitary, poor, nasty, brutish and short”. The best way to protect life is total power in an absolute Monarchy . Hobbes. 13. Learning Objectives. Contrast leadership and power.. Explain the three bases of formal power and the two bases of personal power.. Explain the role of dependence in power relationships.. Identify power or influence tactics and their contingencies..