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Navigating the Political Landscape of My Organization

Navigating the Political Landscape of My Organization. My personal story Erin Kotowski. Power – The ability or capacity to control or influence. The power puff girls are a set of people who share a common belief in PLCs and education. I am bubbles.

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Navigating the Political Landscape of My Organization

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  1. Navigating the Political Landscape of My Organization My personal story Erin Kotowski

  2. Power – The ability or capacity to control or influence The power puff girls are a set of people who share a common belief in PLCs and education. I am bubbles. Mojo-jo-jo is a person who has a want for power within the group. He is looking for ways to create a different power dynamic and structure in the group

  3. Why is MoJo-jo-jo having problems exercising power? • Different people have different needs or beliefs. • Mo-Jo jojo has different philosophical beliefs from others in the school and department. He believes that power can only be authoritative and has a very different philosophy on how class schedules should be created. I should be the leader!! I should be teaching ALL of the Honors classes.

  4. Hmm. Maybe you are right. I am tired of teaching CP kids and tired of people blaming me for not Cleaning up. • MoJo-jo-jo has a high need for power, but he has not laid the groundwork for followers, but he is trying!! Doesn’t it bother you that we don’t have more say in the decisions? I think that we should run the department and teach all of the honors classes. Partisans

  5. Organizational Factors that create political activity • Our school requires that all teachers work together and share resources due to a lack of such. The resources include classrooms, materials, and lab space, so everyone in the department is very dependent on one another. Middle Managers

  6. Nine Sources of Power that keep Mojojojo in check

  7. Sources of Power Position – Title Bubbles: PLC LEADER /Lead Teacher Blossom & Buttercup: Deans, Department Heads

  8. Why is she the leader? Well she is my observer, so I need to be nice to her. Source of Power Control of Rewards

  9. If I go against her, she could give me low scores on my evaluations Power Coercive Power – power to constrain, block, or punish.

  10. She has been teaching longer than I have. She does have a little bit more knowledge on how things are done. POWER Information and expertise – having info or know how to do something.

  11. She has been here awhile. People know who she is. She is a good teacher. POWER Reputation

  12. She is pretty charismatic. People like her. Power Personal Power (referrent)

  13. She is in pretty tight with the administration and the department head. I need to create some alliances in the department For me!! POWER Alliances and Networks

  14. She and others have control of all that we do in biology. I want CONTROL!! I want to be looked at as the authority on biology so I can teach all of the Honors Biology Classes!! Power Access and Control of Agendas

  15. How can I frame what we are doing in PLCs as not working in order to gain control? POWER Framing: Control of meaning

  16. CONFLICT Conflict is OKAY. I am going to work with MOJO to resolve his issues! Maybe we can come up with new ideas and solutions to old problems. (challenge Status Quo) We can work to create a new power dynamic where leadership is more shared. (New approach to problem)

  17. We are all aware of Mojo’s MO. If you need help dealing With him, let me know. I just wanted to talk To you about some of the Problems in our department and PLC and they stem from One person. • Before working with MoJo, I need to map the political terrain and then network to form a coalition.

  18. Hey guys, I just wanted to know what you Think about MoJo’s Ideas. • I feel like we have the same conversations all of the time and he doesn’t listen I feel like he is the first to complain, but never works to Fix anything.

  19. Okay, now I need to engage in a confrontation to stop all of this ridiculousness. Mojo, Do you have a problem With the way we are doing Things as a PLC and a department? No, I mean I just think that other people need to make sure that they are helping.

  20. Really?? All that talking behind everyone’s back, and that’s what you say when I confront you????? Okay, how would you like to fix that? Do you want a specific job? We can give one to everyone else as well. Well, I have been writing up all of the common labs, so that could be my Job.

  21. Isn’t your senior portfolio student doing most of that? Why don’t you work on Also then typing up instructions for how the labs need to be Set up and taken down? Okay.

  22. What did I learn from this situation? How do you navigate a political situation? • Most of the time, when confronted, people back down and lie to cover their tracks, especially if they feel that you have any type of power over them. Be sure to do your homework and cover your bases before the confrontation. Be sure to not AVOID the conflict, if you do that, nothing will get resolved.

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