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PSYC 305 WEEK 2 DISCUSSION 2


Power - its Use and Misuse (graded)

TS Eliot wrote, “Half of the harm that is done in this world is caused by people who have power and want to feel important. They do not mean to do harm; they are simply absorbed in the useless struggle to think well of themselves.” (Manning & Curtis, p. 143) 

Please do Exercise 8-1, p. 155-157 ("Questions for Discussion" and the "Action Assignment"), and describe your supervisor in terms of their wise use or abuse of power. What kind of power does your supervisor commonly use, and what has been the outcome of their behavior…on the employees, on the company?