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The document defines power as the capacity to act or influence others through strength and energy. It discusses the need for power in nursing to provide competent care, influence health policy, and make nursing an attractive career. It outlines five principles of power, including that power is dynamic and must be expressed against resistance. The document also covers types of power, ways to achieve power including networks and expertise, the definition of political nursing, types of politics like attacking and forming coalitions, and skills and tactics to use power effectively in the workplace like building teams and establishing alliances.

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Presentation Title 2/11/20XX

The document defines power as the capacity to act or influence others through strength and energy. It discusses the need for power in nursing to provide competent care, influence health policy, and make nursing an attractive career. It outlines five principles of power, including that power is dynamic and must be expressed against resistance. The document also covers types of power, ways to achieve power including networks and expertise, the definition of political nursing, types of politics like attacking and forming coalitions, and skills and tactics to use power effectively in the workplace like building teams and establishing alliances.

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PRESENTATION TITLE 2/11/20XX 1

POWER
AND
POLITICS

MS. B.BLESSY MADHURI


M.SC(N) 2ND YEAR
NURSING MANAGEMENT
GCON
DEFINITION

 Power can be defined as the capacity to act or the


strength and potency to accomplish something.

 Power is the ability to influence others through the


use of energy and strength.

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THE NEED FOR
POWER  To provide competent, humanistic, and affordable
care to people.
 To participate in health care policy development.
 To ensure that nursing is an attractive career choice
for all who want to provide care, influence, and
improve nursing, heath care, and health policy.

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POWER PRINCIPLES
1. Power is dynamic.
2. Power can be obtained only through active means; that is, it must be expressed against
resistance and wrested from opponents.
3. A power-oriented manager uses any means of control that will manipulate circumstances
in her/his favour.
4. To win in the game of organizational politics requires a person’s total commitment to
goals.
5. Restraint is needed to use power appropriate. A person should use only as much force as
needed to achieve desired objectives.

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TYPES OF POWER

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WAYS TO ACHIEVE POWER
 Broad human networks
 Broad information networks
 Ability to assess situations accurately
and to solve problems.
 Authority over others and resources
 Vision for the future and creativity
 Ability to grant services to others.
 Expertise.
WAYS TO INCREASE EXPERT POWER:
 Participate in interdisciplinary conferences.
 Keep knowledge and skills current
 Earn higher degrees.
 Participate actively in professional associations
 Participate in nursing research
 Problem-solve with colleagues in nursing and
other disciplines
 Participate in nursing and interdisciplinary
 Publish to develop expert power.
PRESENTATION
Learn TITLE
from mentors 2/11/20XX 8
POLITICS:
POLITICS: It is a process through which one tries successfully or unsuccessfully to reach a
goal.

POLITICAL NURSING: Political nursing is defined as the use of knowledge about power
processes and strategies to influence the nature and direction of health care and professional
nursing.

-Anderson, Anderson & Glanze, 1998

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1. Attacking and blaming
TYPES
OF 2. Controlling information

POLITICS 3. Forming coalitions

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ATTACKING AND
BLAMING

 Targeting on other’s
 Blaming other’s
 Not accepting faults

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CONTROLLING INFORMATION

 Maintaining secrets
 Incomplete information
 Wrong information
 Destroying information

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FORMING COALITIONS
 Forming negative aspects on others
 Groupism
 Rationalism

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EFFECTS OF POLITICS
1. Decrease job satisfaction
2. Increased anxiety and stress
3. Decreased in overall productivity
4. Affects Concentration
5. Spoils the Ambience
6. Changes the Attitude of employees
7. Demotivated employees
8. Wrong Information.
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POLITICAL TACTICS

 The effective functioning of an organization


depends on the relationship between
individuals and groups. Effective use of
politics in the workplace can facilitate
achievement of goals.

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SKILLS AND TACTICS IN THE WORK PLACE
 Build your own team
 Establish alliances with superiors and peers
 Use all possible channels of communication
 Know priority
 Be courteous
 Project an image of confidence, status, power
and material success

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