DB 6
Public administrators are required to navigate both organizational and environmental politics. Public administrators need support from the general public, elected officials, community leaders, and other government officials to maintain support for the organizations they lead. In Chapter 12, the textbook author discusses a variety of influence tactics. Consider that your organization needs to influence elected officials, citizens, and community leaders for an important new initiative. What influence tactic do you think would be most effective for the elected official, for the citizen, and for the community leader? Why do you think these tactics would be most impactful?
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The exchange tactic would be appropriate for elected officials. Politicians always desire a favorable public image; thus, it would be easy to convince them to support the initiative and earn some credit for it. Insipational appeals would help draw the citizens’ attention to the project. Citizens are emotional people and they go with the flow. It would be easy to convince them to participate in the initiative by appealing to their emotions and values. Finally, rational persuation would work with community leaders. These people do not necessarily hold any positional of power, but they have much influence over society. Community leaders are mostly sober-minded, and thus, they would be ready to listen to logical reasoning.
DB 7
Complete the following:
Considering the four functions of organizational culture discussed in our textbook, which function is most important for organizational socialization? Why is this function important for socialization? Is a strong organizational culture important for effective organizational socialization? Why, or why not?
DB 8
Which of the six causes of resistance to change do you think is the most important? Why is this the most important cause of resistance to change public administrators should understand? How can you take what you have learned about resistance to change in this course into your current or future career?
