Power; Why Some People Have It and Others Don’t”

The Practical decision Maker-
The politically intelligent leader-White, Harvey,and Kemper
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Module 2: Dynamics of Group Decision Making: Strategies and Tactics for Employing Power Effectively
Assignment 2.1. Analyzing a Politically Charged Decision Making Scenario (10 points)
Read White, Harvey and Kemper’s The Politically Intelligent Leader to learn how to identify key players in a politically charged situation, how to analyze their political styles, potential blind spots that can affect an outcome, political strategies that can be used and potential ethical dilemmas you may encounter.
This assignment is based on Chapter 9, “Practicing What We Preach.” This chapter provides an example of how to analyze your scenario using these 7 questions. Other chapters in the book will provide you with important information on how to analyze political styles and blind spots, as well as a review of many political strategies from which you can choose to bring about the best outcome. This assignment will help to prepare you for Signature Assignment 4.1, Making an Ethical Decision in a Politically Charged Situation.
1. Prepare a written statement describing a “real life” decision making scenario with ethical implications that requires political insight (use of political power). Specifically describe the decision that must be made, the ethical issues and tell why it is politically charged.
2. Using the seven questions in Chapter 9, analyze the scenario and in your answers provide your recommendations for actions you should take to achieve the best results.
Submission: This is a major written assignment following APA formatting academic writing standards and will be submitted
I am a teacher and I work inside of juvenile hall I have team meetings for project launch. Nothing is politically charged I do not have ideas. Maybe between a teacher and juvenile staff.

Rubric below
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Below Average 2
Average Skills 3
A Little Above
Average 4
Good Skills
5
Excellent Skills

Writing Skills
___ 1. Use of APA format
____2. Can write fluently
____3. Proper grammatical use
____4. Proper format

Critical Thinking/Analysis
____1. Clarity
a. Could you elaborate further?
b. Further illustration?
c. Example provided?
____2. Accuracy
a. Source of data?
b. Is data verifiable?
c. Is data complete?
____3. Precision
a. Specificity?
b. Additional details?
c. More exact?
____4. Relevance
a. How does it relate to the problem?
b. How does it bear on the question?
c. How does it help with the issue?
____5. Depth
a. What factors make this a difficult problem?
b. What are some of the complexities of this question?
c. What are some of the difficulties that need to be dealt with?
____6. Breadth
a. Is there another perspective?
b. Is there another point of view?
c. Are there any other ways of looking at this problem?
____7. Logic
a. Does all of this make sense together?
b. Does the first paragraph fit in with the last?
c. Does it follow the evidence?
____8. Significance
a. Addressed the importance of the problem?
b. Focused on the central idea?
c. Consequences of the solution/conclusion?

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