EDOD 667 - Power, Politics & Influence in Organizations

Examine the creation and execution of power relationships, political engagements and communications in organizations. Learn how to understand your own political capacity as well as those with whom you work, and communication strategies useful for change agents.

This course can be applied towards the:

• Organizational Performance and Change (M.Ed.)

Textbooks and Materials

Unless otherwise indicated, textbooks and materials are required and can be purchased at the CSU Bookstore.

1. Manager as Politician (2005)
   Jerry W. Gilley
   ISBN: 0275985903
   Not available at the CSU Bookstore
2. People Skills: How to assert yourself, listen to others and resolve conflicts (1979)
   Robert Bolton
   ISBN: 0671622480
   Optional, Not available at the CSU Bookstore
3. People Styles at Work (1996)
   Robert Bolton & Dorothy Grover Bolton
   ISBN: 0814477232
   Not available at the CSU Bookstore

Instructors

Jerry Gilley
(970) 491-2918
Jerry.Gilley@CAHS.colostate.edu

Jerry W. Gilley is a Professor and Program Chair of the Organizational Performance and Change (OPC) Program at Colorado State University.

For six years, he served as Principal and Director of Organizational Development for Mercer Human Resource Consulting, the world’s largest compensation, benefits, and human resource consulting firm. During which he was responsible for organizational development, implementing change management initiatives, building high-performance work teams and designing a comprehensive performance management system.

He has authored and co-authored eighteen books including: Manager as Political Navigator (2006), Strategically Integrated HRD (2003), Principles of HRD, The Manager as Change Agent (2001), Philosophy and Practice of Organizational Learning, Performance, and Change (2001), and Organizational Learning, Performance, and Change: An Introduction to Strategic HRD (2000), which was selected the HRD Book of the Year (2000) by the Academy of HRD.

In 2006, he was elected the President of the Academy of Human Resource Development.

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