Health Sciences 3040A/B Chapter Notes - Chapter 7: Best Alternative To A Negotiated Agreement, Indo, Functional Fixedness
5 Mar 2016
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Chapter 7 power, politics and conflict management. Power the ability to exert influence or control over others. The uses of power in org"s. Power can control, allocate and redistribute resources most widely used application of power within orgs. Shapes or transforms org or work cultures in ways manage. Desires or towards being more competitive and effective. The control one group has over another. Influence in the middle ind has the ability and opportunity to control how another acts. Coercion use of subtle influence dynamics to achieve desired goals. Existing norms or beliefs can be influential, hidden from public view. (ex. Power of physicians in hospitals b/c of expertise) Key power relationships in orgs. 3 key power relationships in health orgs: 1) physician- patient most important, all built around it, patients are ultimate consumers. The prestige and pay lags behind for nurses compared to phys. The political nature of power.
