The objective is to analyze power and conflict in organizational settings. We are to complete the Questions associated with the following Chapter 13's Case Incident listed below. For each question how would you utilize an external resource to strengthen your argument?

• How would one answer questions 13-14, 13-15, and 13-16 based from Chapter 13's, Case Incident 1 The Powerful Take All, found on p. 450 attached below?:

1. 13-14 What types of power and influence are organizations using when they require employees to sign over their creative rights to the company? Why are these tactics effective?
2. 13-15 Do the results of the Lobel and Amir study fits with the ways the chapter describes employees reactions to organizational politics? Why or why not
3. 1-16 What are some ways a company might try to prevent supervisors from stealing employee ideas and damaginf motivation?

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CASE INCIDENT 1 The Powerful Take All Few situations generate as much frustration as having a then put participants in one of two conditions. One group supervisor steal your idea. Just ask Sophia Kim. She was was told the members would be paid for the work they did an engineer working for a company that designs wear but then would have to sign over their ideas to their vir- able insulin pumps for diabetics when she developed a tual employers. The second group was not required to sign very inexpensive and effective way to improve the design over their ideas. The study found those who lost ownership of one of the most significant components of the device. of their ideas reduced their concentration and effort on She was excited by her idea and couldn't wait to head up the task and made far more errors. the development team. At least, she was excited until her The question then arises-when supervisors appropri boss told her she would play no part in rolling out the ate employees' ideas, do they not consider the long-run new product. Instead, her boss took the idea to the top effects of their political plays? executives alone. The loss of control over intellectual property you have Questions created is a common fear. In many workplaces, it is stan- 13-14. What types of power and influence are organiza- dard operating procedure to require employees to sign tions using when they require employees to sign over their ideas to the organization. It is also common for over their creative rights to the company? Why are supervisor to use their power to claim employee ideas for these tactics effective? themselves. Due to resource dependence issues, it can be 13-15. Do the results of the Lobel and Amir study fit with very difficult for employees to speak out and get their due. What are the consequences of this kind of abuse of the ways the chapter describes employee reactions to organizational politics? Why or why not? power? Some recent experimental evidence suggests fear @13-16. What are some ways a company might try to pre- of having ideas stolen decreases creativity. Orly Lobel and his colleague On Amir developed a virtual workplace and vent supervisors from stealing employee ideas and damaging motivation