Assignment Template Shimna01

Session – 1

Session Name : Power and PoliticsCourse Title : Organizational behaviourSemester : I Year/II SemesterProgramme Name

:MCA

Author Name : Mrs.K.U.ShimnaDepartment : MCAInstitution Name

:SRM UNIVERSITY

Mobile Number : +91 – 9941493414E-mail : [email protected] :

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Session Objectives

At the end of this session, the learner will be able to:

Define power.List the types of power.Illustrate with a real world example on the concept of power.List the bases of power.Point the benefits of power.Illustrate the advantage and disadvantage of power.Define politics.Analyze the power and politics played by our Indian government.Analyze the power and politics formed by Mr.Obama in assassinating Mr.Bin laden at his residence.List the types of power.Distinguish Power and politics.Analyze the concept power and specify its contents.List the power traits. Illustrate a real world example on the concept of politics.Analyze the role played by ADMK AND DMK party using the concept of power and politics.Illustrate the 2G spectrum issue with the concept of power and politics.Point the characteristics of politics.List the factors contributing to politics.List the issues related to individual factors.List the issues related to organizational factors.List the importance of power and politics in the real world.

Teaching Learning Material

Board and MarkersPresentation Slides

Session Plan

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Recap: <Groups> Introduction : <Power and Politics>

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Session Inputs

Recap: Groups

Before we start the session on Power and Politics, it would be a good practice to refresh the student’s knowledge on groups development, structure and dynamics with the help of Quiz.

Suggested Activity: Quiz

Purpose of the activity : Remembering , linguistic , inter and intra personal

Planning required: Separating 4 learners groups of 8 each. Facilitating and monitoring.

Teaching Material required :

Black board

Relevant information/ instruction needed before/and during the activity :

Discuss among groups and answer the questions.Time should be maintained.No helping other groups.

Activity description: Divide the Learners into 4 groups of 8 each and initiate the team to prepare 5 questions on group development, structure and dynamics. After 5 minutes, each team will ask the other team the prepared questions and we can facilitate the score. Sample questions can be:

list the types of groups point the advantages of group structuring advantage and disadvantage of groups Define group dynamics.

With the help of the above activity, we have ensured the students understanding of the group development, structure and dynamics, now let us consolidate the same.

Define group, importance of groups, types of groups, structure, group development, and dynamic impact of groups, advantage and disadvantage of groups, real world examples of groups.

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Now let us learn about power and politics.

Power and Politics

To learn Power and Politics let us provide the following technical inputs and apply the following Learning Methodology.

Now the learners are grouped into 4 of 8 each with different real world examples to demonstrate power, its types, its benefits, its advantages and disadvantages, politics.

Suggested Activity: Role Play

Purpose of the activity : Understanding, inter and intrapersonal skills

Planning required: Separating 4 learner groups of 8 each and give different examples for each group. Facilitating ,monitoring and controlling,

Teaching Material required :

Class room, students, white paper, pen, furniture’s.


Each group must enact according to their turn. Each group should maintain the time.The other group must be an observer.Raise question and answer at the end.

Activity description:Separating 4 groups of 8 each and giving different examples for each group. After 5 minutes call the first group and make them arrange the stage for their role play. At the end of the play, the observer had to say the concept of the play and raise questions. It follows the same way for the rest.



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Now that we have learnt power and politics let us summarize.

Conclusion

To conclude this session, we can use LCD projector to explain power and politics, its types, and its advantages and disadvantages with some question and answer.

Suggested Activity: Question and Answer

Purpose of the activity : Remembering,Understanding, Intrapersonal, Interpersonal, Linguistic.

Planning required: Facilitate Teaching Material required :

Taking notes


Learner’s participation in answering the questions.

Activity description:

The sample questions can be as follows:1. Define power.2. Illustrate the advantage and disadvantage of power.3. Distinguish Power and politics.4. Define politics.

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Summary In this session, we learnt to:

Define power.o Doing work more than his ability.o Has the capability to activate others.

Illustrate with a real world example on the concept of power.o HOD of department allotting subjects to staff members.

List the bases of power.o Coercive Powero Legitimateo Referento Reward o Expert

Point the benefits of power.o Friendliness o Coalition (union)o Bargainingo Assertiveness (boldness)o Higher authorityo Sanctions

Illustrate the advantage and disadvantage of power.o Make people do work.o Capability to activate others.Disadvantage:o People like or done like they have to accept what the higher

authority says.Define politics.

o Closely related to power is politics.o Fact of life in organization.

Analyze the power and politics played by our Indian government.o DMK party ruling and getting things done according to what they

expect.Analyze the power and politics formed by Mr.Obama in assassinating Mr.Bin laden at his residence.

o Well planned and well executed.List the power traits.

o Individual and intra – group traits Inter-group power traits.



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Distinguish Power and politics.o Making people do work/the exaggeration of power.

List some politics activities.o Attacking or blaming otherso Controlling informationo Forming coalitionso Networking creating obligationso Managing impressions

Analyze the concept power and specify its contents.o Definition of power and types or bases of power.

List the types of power.o Coercive Powero Legitimateo Referento Reward

ExpertIllustrate a real world example on the concept of politics.

o The fight moving around DMK and ADMK party.Analyze the role played by ADMK AND DMK party using the concept of power and politics.

o A great fight in all aspects.Illustrate the 2G spectrum issue with the concept of power and politics.

o The ruling party supporting Mr.Raja and the complete politics played by them.

Point the characteristics of politics.o Disagreemento Diversityo Scarcityo interest

List the factors contributing to politics.o Individual Factors

Organizational FactorsList the issues related to individual factors.

o High self-monitorso Internal locus of controlo High mach o Organizational investmento Perceived job alternativeso Expectations of success

List the issues related to organizational factors.o Reallocation of resourceso Promotion opportunitieso Low trust

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o Role ambiguityo Unclear performanceo Zero-sum reward

List the importance of power and politics in the real world.o Very difficult to live in this world without both.

Assignment

1. Illustrate the 2G spectrum issue with the concept of power and politics.

2. Give an example for each type of power.

References

K.Aswathapa, Organizational Behaviour, Himalaya Publishing House, Year of Publication, 2010.



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