Power and Resistance at Work

 


from the presentation we had in class from chapter 7 about the Power of resistance at work from our textbook "organizational communication by Zink, Zink." It talks about how Power and Control go hand in hand, or how they are basically the same "picture" as it’s explained in my visual creation. when someone has power, they have control and when someone has control, they have some sort of power. I agree with this statement simply because many times I have seen it happen that if someone has power, they have control and if they have control that is because they have power over someone or something. An example of this that was given in class was of a personal assistant or a security guard, they have control over who can meet and speak to the person they are working for. they have the power to control that. There are many kinds of power and power can be good or bad. There can be situations where someone might not know their power and abuse it and there are times where they know their power and still choose to abuse it. 

 

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