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[Course Name] MGMT 565 [Overview] This course provides a pragmatic and ethical framework for analyzing the sources of power in organizations and the circumstances that lead to its attainment and effective use. The goals of this course are to help you learn more about the nature and sources of power in organizations and increase your ability and confidence in diagnosing power situations, managing conflict, and using political strategies in pragmatic ways to get things done in the workplace and other organizations. Topics covered include formal and informal sources of power, social exchange perspectives on power, network structures and their consequences, organizational culture and symbolic actions, the bases of interpersonal influence, and diagnostic tools and techniques to identify the "rules of the game." [Course Title] 
Power & Influence
Second Year Course List — Penn State Smeal College of Business