Title: Identify the effects of power and authority in work, community, and family settings.
Course: Introduction to Family and Human Services (19001-36) > Section: Balancing Work and Family

Identification should include

- defining power and authority
- citing examples of situations in which power is exercised and by whom in work, community, and family settings
- citing examples of positive and negative uses of power and authority in work, community, and family settings.

Process/Skill Questions:

Thinking

- What are the consequences when power and authority are used in positive ways at work or in the family? When they are used in negative ways?
- How does one acquire beliefs and attitudes toward power and authority?
- How are power and authority in work and community different from power and authority in the family?
- How is authority determined?

Communication

- How can communication skills help one use or respond to power in positive ways?
- How does it feel to experience power used in positive and negative ways?
- How can a person best make feelings known to authority figures within the family?

Leadership

- What ethical standards might guide the use of power and authority?
- What is the relationship between power and responsibility to others?
- How can any person gain power and authority?

Management

- How can one analyze the implications of power and authority in the family or in the workplace?
- What are the steps that someone should take when he/she is in a situation where power and authority are abused?
- What strategies might help a person exercise power and authority in positive ways?