Dealing with Power: AN Experiential Exercise Using Movie and Personal Diary Analysis Techniques

Abstract

Organizations exercise power to enforce formal and informal norms that often conflict with the natural inclinations of individuals who operate within the organizations. This paper presents an experiential exercise that combines insights from exposure to a popular movie with personal diary techniques to sensitize students to the way these norms operate, providing students with insights into how they might survive organizational pressures without losing their sense of power and identity.