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BADM 312: Final Study Guide Anything that is in the readings or that we covered in class is fair game for the exam. This should give you a general idea of where you may want to focus your study. The problem of politics and power 1. Understand what power is (a function of…) a. A function of resources, dependencies, and alternatives 2. What are individual bases of power? a. Legitimate power (position) b. Expert Power c. Reward power d. Coercive power (ability to punish) e. Referent power (personality, who you are) 3. Where does power come from according to Kanter? (lines of support…) a. Formal Structure (position) b. Informal Structure 1. Lines of information 2. Lines …show more content…

a. How urgent is the change b. How much resistance is likely and from whom c. Who has the information and power 6. How does prospect theory relate to organizational change? a. When facing gains, more people are risk averse i. Change motivated by failure to meet expectations ii. As performance increases, firms have less incentive to explore b. When facing loss, more people are risk seeker i. Firms below aspiration levels likely to experience threat-rigidity ii. Firms above aspirations likely to frame events as opportunities 7. Be able to apply specific lessons from the readings and cases (Gunfire at Sea, Peter Browning, Choosing Strategies for Change). The problem of ethics 1. Know the common ethical principles we discussed in class (utilitarianism, justice, categorical imperative etc.) a. Utilitarianism i. Greatest good for the greatest number of people b. Justice i. Distributes benefits and have burdens equitable ii. Justice of process- making sure process of deciding/ doing something is fair iii. Justice of outcome- making sure everyone gets the same outcome c. Reversibility i. The golden rule d. Rights i. Respects and protects the basic rights of others e. Virtue i. An ethical

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