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Organizations as Political Systems and Psychic Prisons (ruler and ruled,…
Organizations as Political Systems and Psychic Prisons
ruler and ruled
system of governments
political issues
authority
authoritarian
succession
power
autocratic
bureaucracy
subordiante
technocratic- flexible
democracy
can go to far in giving workers rights
used to create order
conflict
when competing interest collide
allows for competition and collaboration
arise in numerous areas of orgs
allows for the best solutions to be reached
conflict or opposition roles allows for changes to be made to policy without owning them
role conflict
institutionalized conflict
interests
task
career
extramural
goals, values, and desires lead how a person acts
self interest conflicts with others, no two the same
used to advance goals
lose network of divergent interests
they can overlap
or there is tension between interests
power
allows for conflicts of interest to be resolved
14 sources of power
should be held in check by opposition
means for individuals to reconcile differences through consultation and negotiations
allows for the best solutions or ideas to be reached through conflict
coalition building
coalitions are in all parts of life including interests
coalitions can form in organizations based upon shared interests
rewards and contributions need to be balanced
balanced by factors like age, organizational position
frame of reference to look at in orgs
plurality
vying views
radical
society has many classes with different views and held together by coercion and consent
unitary
interest of the individual are one in the same with society
unconscious and conscious process maintain orgs
trap organizations int the process of consciousness
images, ideas, actions created by the process
confines organization
confines indivduals
socially constructed world
sub metaphors of the psychic prison
repressed sexuality, patriarchy, death/immortality, anxiety, dolls/teddy bears, and shadows/archetypes
psychological theories are used to explain these prison
Frederick Taylor and repressed sexuality
productive neurosis
hidden meaning within behaviors
exhibitionist in the board room
trapped male values built by Western values in organizations
system of production becoming error free
just in time method
culture traps our thoughts
to understand unconsciousness new constructs can be created
trapped in one way of thinking
excellence
Freud and the unconscious
culture was repression
Plato's Republic :
group think
culture traps our thoughts