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In the Module 3 SLP, you will write a 3- to 4-page<\/strong> paper in which you will apply the Political Frame to the organization in which you are currently employed (or in which you have worked previously). <\/strong><\/p>\n The Module 3 SLP requires that you write a 3- to 4-page<\/strong> paper, in which you address the following: <\/i><\/p>\n After giving a brief description of the organization in which you presently work (or in which you have previously worked), apply the Political Frame to 2-3 examples of political behaviors that are presently occurring \u2013 or have occurred \u2013 within your organization.<\/i> <\/i><\/p>\n Background Information<\/i><\/p>\n Let\u2019s begin here with an excerpt from Bolman, L. G. & Deal, T. E. (2003). Reframing organizations: artistry, choice, and leadership<\/i> (3rd <\/sup>ed.). San Francisco: John Wiley. Note the assumptions of the Political Frame, as you will use these to guide the writing of your Case:<\/p>\n Assumptions of the Political Frame <\/strong><\/p>\n The political frame views organizations as living, screaming political arenas that host a complex web of individual and group interests. Five propositions summarize the perspective:<\/p>\n All five propositions of the political frame came to the fore in the Challenger<\/i> incident:<\/p>\n The assumptions of the political frame outline sources of power dynamics. A coalition forms because of interdependence among its members; they need one another, even though their interests may only partly overlap. The assumption of enduring difference implies that political activity is more visible and dominant under conditions of diversity than of homogeneity. Agreement and harmony are easier to achieve when everyone shares similar values, beliefs, and culture.<\/p>\n The concept of scarce resources suggests that politics will be more salient and intense in difficult times. Schools and colleges, for example, have lived through alternating times of feast and famine in response to peaks and valleys in economic and demographic trends. When money and students are plentiful (as they were in the 1960s and again in the 1990s), administrators spend time determining which buildings to erect and programs to initiate. Conversely, when resources dry up, conflict mushrooms and administrators often succumb to political forces they neither understand nor control.<\/p>\n Another key political issue is power\u2014its distribution and exercise. Power in organizations is basically the capacity to get things done. Pfeffer (1992, p. 30) defines power as “the potential ability to influence behavior, to change the course of events, to overcome resistance, and to get people to do things they would not otherwise do.” Russ (1994, p. 38) puts it more strongly as the ability to “make one’s will prevail and to attain one’s goal.” Social scientists have often emphasized tight linkage between power and dependency: if A has something B wants, A has leverage. In much of organizational life, individuals and groups are interdependent; they need things from one another, and power relationships are multidirectional. From the view of the political frame, power is a “daily mechanism of our social existence” (Crozier and Friedberg, 1977, p. 32).<\/p>\n The final proposition of the political frame emphasizes that goals are set not by fiat at the top but through an ongoing process of negotiation and interaction among key players. To illustrate, consider another example: a commitment China made in December 2001 to promote its accession to the World Trade Organization. The Chinese government promised to get serious about protecting intellectual property, ensuring that products carrying labels such as Coca-Cola, Microsoft, Sony, and Rolex were authentic. The central government passed laws, threw the book at the occasional unlucky offender, blustered in the media, and put pressure on local governments. Yet six months later, name-brand knockoffs and pirated software were still on sale all over China, even a few blocks from Tiananmen Square\u201d (Bolman & Deal, 2003, pp. 186-9).<\/p>\n Let\u2019s continue our discussion with this interesting presentation on the Political Frame: <\/p>\n Jacobs, R.M. (n.d.). Theories of practice: The political frame. Villanova University.<\/i> Retrieved on May 1, 2014 from http:\/\/www83.homepage.villanova.edu\/richard.jacobs\/MPA%208002\/Powerpoint\/8002%20MPA\/political.ppt<\/u><\/a> <\/p>\n Finally, be sure to review the following presentation relating to power, politics, and conflict: <\/p>\n Hogan, R.L. (n.d). Chapter 9: Power, conflict, and coalitions. Eastern Illinois University.<\/i> Retrieved on May 12, 2014 from <\/u><\/a>http:\/\/www.eiu.edu\/~lhogan\/Bolman%20&%20Deal%20ch0…<\/a><\/u> <\/p>\n <\/strong><\/i><\/u><\/sub><\/sup> <\/strong><\/u><\/sub><\/sup> In the Module 3 SLP, you will write a 3- to 4-page paper in which you will apply the Political Frame to the organization in which you are currently employed (or in which you have worked previously). 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