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7-1 Discussion Conflict, Power, and Organizational Politics

7-1 Discussion Conflict, Power, and Organizational Politics

Q Consider a job you have had or now have. Explain the main sources of power within the organization. In addition, describe how organizational politics influenced the overarching organizational behavior. Then explain a situation where conflict ensued because of the organizational power and politics. Would you consider the ensuing conflict constructive or destructive? Why? In responding to your classmates' posts, respectfully comment on the conflicts they have described. Do you agree with their assessment of the constructive or destructive nature of the conflict? Why or why not? Encourage further elaboration by asking your classmates questions, offering alternative viewpoints, and/or including additional research that you have obtained from our online library. Support your initial post and response posts with scholarly sources cited in APA style. To complete this assignment, review the Discussion Rubric document.

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In one of my previous organizations, the main sources of power had been the manpower/human resources, the sponsors, the stakeholders, the shareholders/Board of Directors and the CEO. This is because all these sources had to be satisfied to ensure that business operations would be run smoothly. However, there had been differences in the levels of powers for each of these sources. There had been empowered lower-level and mid-level employees but final approval of operational and managerial decisions used to be made by the higher-level managers.