Title: Analyze the effects of power and authority in work, community, and family settings.
Course: Family and Human Services II (19999-II) > Section: Balancing Work and Family

Analysis should include

1. defining power and authority
2. citing examples of positive and negative uses of power and authority in work, community, and family settings.

Process/Skill Questions:

Thinking

- How can power be both positive and negative?
- What are the consequences when power and authority are used in positive or negative ways at work or in the family?
- How are power and authority in work and community different from power and authority in the family?

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 ways and in negative ways?
- How can one communicate feelings to authority figures?

Leadership

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

Management

- How does 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 professional exercise power and authority in positive ways?