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FILL IN THE BLANK QUESTIONS ON     CO 4:  ORGL POWER             Fall, 2008 

1.  In relation to stratification & power, in our society,  ________________________  power is the predominant type of power 

2.  In relation to power, for most social theorists, there is an  ________________  among class, status, & power 

3.  In relation to status, of any theorist,  _________________________  gives the most prominence to status as a mode of  stratification in social analysis 

4.  In relation to power as influence, Bacharach & Lawler demonstrated that __________________  is often accepted as a decision is made, consciously or unconsciously at particular moment power is exercised 

5.  In relation to orgl power, analysts look not only at individual power, but also at the power that comes in the  ____________________________  & roles that people fill in orgs 

6.  In relation to who holds orgl power, informal  ____________________  create & allocate power 

7.  In Morgan's classifications of org power, in  ___________________________________  orgs, opposing parties in the org share in ruling the system 

8.  In relation to the iron law of oligarchy, for Michels, oligarchic power emerges & is maintained because once power emerges, people & organizations seek to  ________________________  & then expand it 

9.  Cliques are an imp component of power systems in orgs because it is these groupings that form the informal org communication network, i.e., the " ______________________________ "

10.  Professionals are not generally trained to do  ___________________ 

11.  In relation to lower level employees, for Mechanic, one of the sources of power of LLEs is physical location &  ____________________ 

12.  In relation to charismatic authority & orgs, charisma is more a function of the  ________________________________  than the characteristics of the charismatic leader

13. One of the types of traditional authority or orgs, is  _____________________________ , which is the modern form of traditional authority which is characterized by administrative forces that are purely personal instruments of the master

14.  In relation to bureaucratic orgs & rational authority, one of the characteristics of  ______________________  is that the job of management & administration is coordination 

15.  In relation to an advanced examination of bureaucracy, for Weber, in the evolution of human social organization, bureaucracy &  ______________________________  replaces the traditional organization & the charismatic organization

16.  In relation to a comparison of charismatic, traditional, & rational authority, there are no absolute  _______________________  btwn btwn charismatic, traditional, & rational  types of authority

17.  In relation to compliance as an orgl outcome,  _________________________________  compliance exists for mid & upper level mgrs as other actors in the org as when a top mgr issues directives that will improve his or her stock options to the known detriment of the long term benefit of the org 

18.  In relation to the causes of orgl conflict, according to Katz, orgs perform tasks that come into conflict because their  __________________   are incompatible 

19.  In relation to orgl conflict situations, there is a tendency toward symmetry in org conflict in that a person v group conflict will shift to a  ________________________________________  conflict 

20.  In relation to the outcomes of conflict, the  ________________________________  of conflict may change the environment for other actors 

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ESSAY QUESTION ON     CO 4:  ORGL POWER         Fall, 2008 

There is no Essay for this chapter. 

1.  In relation to orgl power, pick a real life situation, or a situation you know something about, or a situation from the research paper you are doing, then discuss the nature of power, influence, & orgl power.  How does the exertion of internal & external power affect the org?  Who holds orgl power?  Does Morgan's classification of orgl power explain the use of that power?  How? 

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