This is a powerpoint presentation for an classroom observation for Philippine Politics and Governance

1. REVIEW
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PASADEBOLA

2. What do you feel
whenever you
see police cars?
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3. What authority does this
officer have?
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4. What do these people
have in common?
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6. POWER IN POLITICS

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1.To discuss the nature of power and identify its
dimensions/types.
2.To apply your learnings about power through any form
of creative interpretation.
3.To make a personal assessment of how power is
exercised in different situations in your respective
localities.
OBJECTIVES:

8. UNSCRAMBLE GAME
R E C O C I O N
C O E R C I O N

9. COERCION
•Noun
•the practice of persuading someone to do
something by using force or threats.
•Sentence: Our problem cannot be solved by
any form of coercion but only by agreement.
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10. People get intimidated by
others because of the
latter’s character, power,
and position in society
that may be caused by a
previous discrimination,
self-esteem, abuse, and
violence.
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WHAT IS POWER?

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In your own terms, define
power?

13. • Power is the capability to control
and influence people’s
behavior as well as the capability
to direct the paths and result of
events (Oxford University
Press, 2015)
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14. IT CAN BE PERCEIVED AS GOOD OR
BAD, JUST OR UNJUST, AND ITS
EXERCISE IS ACCEPTED AND
ACKNOWLEDGED SINCE THE
BEGINNING OF TIME.
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15. Power may be expressed as:
1. Upward, where the leader or superior
influences the members or subordinates;
2. or it may be expressed as Downward,
where the members or subordinates
influence the decisions of their leader or
superior (Bukowski andRajagopalan, 2000)

16. DIMENSIONS OF POWER
1.AGENDA
2. DECISION-MAKING
3. MANIPULATION

17. ACTIVITY 1
•GUESS THE WORD USING
THE NUMBER PATTERNS
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18. ANSWERS:
• 1. REWARD
• 2. REFERENT
• 3. LEGITIMATE
• 4. EXPERT
• 5. COERCIVE
• 6.ABUSED
• 7.RESISTANCE

19. TYPES OF POWER
1. LEGITIMATE POWER – or positional
power, there is a legal or formal basis for
the acquisition of delegation of power
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20. 2. REFERENT POWER- When an
individual is able to convince another
person without lifting a finger or just
simply being with the other person.
Charisma factor.
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TYPES OF POWER

21. •3. EXPERT POWER- Expertise and
special knowledge one has to capacitate
him/her to influence over another
person.
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TYPES OF POWER

22. •4. COERCIVE POWER- The word denotes
negativity.This kind of power is deemed
necessary to make other people obey laws.
The exercise of this power presupposes the
use of threat or punishment.
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TYPES OF POWER

23. •5. REWARD POWER – The
capacity of power-wielder to offer
or extend a reward or to
recompense an accomplishment.
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TYPES OF POWER

24. CONSEQUENCES OF POWER
1. COMMITMENT- Commitment is an even more
desirable outcome because of the trust and
emotional pledge that it causes. It is perceived as
loyalty or a sense of dedication or devotion.
Commitment is most likely to be the consequence
when the powers used are referent and expert.
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25. •COMPLIANCE - means readiness or act of
agreeing to do something.
•The two types of power most likely to
cause compliance are legitimate or
position power and reward power.
25 CONSEQUENCES OF POWER

26. 3. RESISTANCE - Resistance means to
refuse or to oppose. It is the most likely
outcome when coercive power is used in
a hostile or manipulative way.
26 CONSEQUENCES OF POWER

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EXPERT POWER
REFERENT POWER
LEGITIMATE POWER
REWARD POWER
COERCIVE POWER
ABUSED POWER
SOURCE OF POWER CONSEQUENCES OF POWER
COMMITMENT
COMPLIANCE
RESISTANCE
“LOSS OF POWER”

28. ESSAY:
Instruction:
1. Write an Essay about an experience when your behavior or
decision was influenced by someone who has power or authority.
2. In the Essay you must determine what type of power did that
authority used to convey or influence your decision.
3. The essay must contain 50-100 words.
4. You will have atleast 15 minutes to do this activity.

29. RUBRICS OFTHE ESSAY:
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WRAP-UP

31. ● In a ½ crosswise explain when
there is abuse of power?
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ASSIGNMENT