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Power and Conflict
Dr. Nancy Kohn
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“An honest man can feel no pleasure in the exercise of power over
his fellow citizens.”
Thomas Jefferson
"With great power comes great responsibility."
Spiderman
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Defining Power and Influence
Power is:
1. “The capacity to produce intended and foreseen effects on others.”
(Wrong, 2009, p21)
2. The probability that men will act as another man wishes.
3. The greater B’s dependency on A, the greater the power A has over B.
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(The General Dependency Postulate)
4. Power is intended Influence.
Influence is:
1. The process
of altering the attitudes and behaviours of others, using
your sources of power.
2. The capacity
to be a compelling force on or produce effects on the
actions, behaviour, or opinions of others.
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