MGT 111 GDB Solution

MGT111 GDB Solution

Spring 2011

 

GDB

According to Laswell, politics is “who gets what, how, when and where.” Suppose you are Secretary of XYZ Ministry. You want to set up a new department of security in your organization to protect employees. This cover’s ‘what’ portion of Laswell’s definition of politics. Please explain ‘how’ organizational politics can be used in this case? Why politics is essential to setup a new department?

 

Solution:

Harold Lasswell defined values as desired goals and power as the ability to participate in decisions, and he conceived political power as the ability to produce intended effects on other people. In our particular scenario the secretary of XYZ Ministry wants a new department for the employees of the Ministry. To achieve this goal the Secretary must establish the fact that this new department is a need for the employees. Lasswell also maintained that power is held by the elite so the decision and work to establish the department must come through the secretary and after its completion the employees should be informed of it.