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When I read this DQ question, I couldn't help but think about our country and the recent debates over border security. News outlets around the country have been commentating on the President’s plan for declaring a national emergency over the border wall fiasco. The President of the United States has utilized his legitimate powers in declaring this emergency, and he announced his declaration this morning he plans on signing the legislation this afternoon (Fram, 2019). In the meantime, it was reported that congress has struck a deal to avoid another shut down. I found this bit of information to be rather intriguing. I was happy to see that we will avoid another shutdown, however I couldn't help but think is the President declaring national emergency because he did not get his way?
Unfortunately for the President, he does not lead by example, nor does he embrace all 5 concepts of power that we have been learning about. Instead, he utilizes legitimate powers (as he learns of them throughout his presidency) and through coercive measures. He lacks expert, referent, and reward capabilities. For some this is acceptable. There are those Americans that feel the President has done nothing wrong. I feel that this is acceptable because we live in a democracy and they have the rights to their opinions. However, the point I am trying to achieve is a leader of great magnitude, such as the President of the United States, ought to embrace all 5 concepts of power (Johnson, 2013). There is much diversity in the country and the President should recognize everyone equally and think of the impacts of decisions made. The President cannot just play to the select few citizens that voted for him. All Americans should feel represented by their President. If the President understood the concepts of power and how important it is to lead by example, utilizing referent and expert concepts, he would have more respect and admiration by the people. This would translate and yield more success in his administration.
References
Fram, C. L. and Z. M.-A. P. (2019). Trump declares national emergency to build border wall. AP Top News Package. Associated Press DBA Press Association. Retrieved from https://lopes.idm.oclc.org/login?url=https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=nsm&AN=AP9879a352fa8e48d9af5ac1735e287dce&site=eds-live&scope=site
Johnson, C. E. (2013). Meeting the ethical challenges of leadership: Casting light or shadow. Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage. ISBN-13: 9781452259185 URL:http://gcumedia.com/digital-resources/sage/2013/meeting-the-ethical-challenges-of-leadership_ebook_5e.php
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If I had to boil the power that individuals and society have over the way that public administrators act down to one word, it would have to be “pressure”. The individual citizens, communities, cities, states and the nation all have a vested interested in the public administrations around and above them. In order to satisfy those needs, they apply pressure to those administrations. They do this through lobbyists, special interest groups, rallies, protests, political donations, smears and ultimately through their votes (Johnson, 2013).
We see this pressure being applied every day when we flip on the news. The news itself is a form of pressure, as most of the news is generally biased on way or another. Special interest groups use lobbyists to apply pressure to the administration to create new and better gun laws that might satisfy their agenda. Groups rally in the streets to protest immigration reforms or for gay rights. There is currently pressure being applied to our nation’s president because of his wall campaign from the media, congress and a large portion of the population. The big issues are divisive and it is easy to see where the support and where the pressure is coming from.
Johnson, C. E. (2013). Meeting the ethical challenges of leadership: Casting light or shadow. Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage. ISBN-13: 9781452259185
URL:
http://gcumedia.com/digital-resources/sage/2013/meeting-the-ethical-challenges-of-leadership_ebook_5e.php
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I am sure with this question there will be several debates on the turmoil that our country has been facing the last few months including: President Trump and Nancy Pelosi. Both of them are using their power/powers to do what they perceive is right. Johnson (2013) gives 5 different power concepts: coercive, reward, legitimate, expert, and referent power. Each of these power concepts or a combination of these concepts could/can be used by both public administrators and politicians. Politicians are elected by the people in their community and they have a responsibility and power to be the voice for that community
President Trump and Nancy Pelosi have positional power and depending on who you talk to depends on what answer you might get when discussing what types of powers they demonstrate. They both display a combination of power sources, as should all people that display authority or leadership roles. It could be said that they are by using coercive power, a power style that is based on penalties or punishments (Johnson, 2013). It seems like each of them are playing a game to see who is the most headstrong and will get their way first, which in my opinion in childish on both of their parts. What they need to realize is that we are all Americans and that we should all come together in support of what is best for our country, each side will have to compromise so that they can meet in the middle. By doing this they are not jeopardizing their own set of values and/or code of ethics but they are coming to the understanding that not all people have the same outlook as they do. We are allowed to have the freedom of our own opinion and no it does not have to be the same as anyone else but it should be respected by all.
They both display legitimate power, a power that resides within the position, not the person, such as supervisors, judges, police officers, instructors, and parents have the right to control our behavior within certain limits (Johnson, 2013). With the different offices that they both hold, they are expected to use that power to enforce changes that they feel are the most beneficial, efficient, and effective for the nation that they serve. Again, we will all have different views on how they are handling certain situations, that is what happens when you have a democracy but as I stated earlier their have to be some type of respectful compromise between both parties.
The last type of power I will discuss is referent power, a power that is described as being the admiration one person has for another, such as a role model, the people of a community are more likely to have positive attitudes toward people they admired or to promote their political stances (Johnson, 2013). Referent power is a concept that is used by politicians. It is my opinion that both President Trump and Nancy Pelosi feel as though they are leading by example and doing what is expected of them by the people who elected them into the office that they hold. Once more, that can be up for debate because as with most concepts on public administration and politics, they are defined by the perception of the individual.
The matter of personal perception makes politics and public administration so complex, it does not mean that one person is wrong or right, it just means that is how they perceive situations and it will be different than others. We have people in both the Republican and Democratic Parties that don’t agree with how their own parties are handling things. We will have to come to the point to just agree to disagree but come to a compromise that is the most beneficial for our great nation.
References
Johnson, C. E. (2013). Meeting the ethical challenges of leadership: Casting light or shadow. Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage. ISBN-13: 9781452259185 URL:http://gcumedia.com/digital-resources/sage/2013/meeting-the-ethical-challenges-of-leadership_ebook_5e.php
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1 responses
1.
When I read this DQ question, I couldn't
help but think about our country
and the recent debates over border
security. News outlets around the country have been commentating on the President’s plan for declaring a
national emergency over the border wall fiasco. The President of the United States has utilized his legitimate
powe
rs in declaring this emergency, and he announced his declaration this morning he plans on signing the
legislation this afternoon (Fram, 2019). In the meantime, it was reported that congress has struck a deal to avoid
another shut down. I found this bit of
information to be rather intriguing. I was happy to see that we will avoid
another shutdown, however I couldn't
help but think is the President declaring national emergency because he did
not get his way?
Unfortunately for the President, he does not lead b
y example, nor does he embrace all 5 concepts of power that
we have been learning about. Instead, he utilizes legitimate powers (as he learns of them throughout his
presidency) and through coercive measures. He lacks expert, referent, and reward capabiliti
es. For some this is
acceptable. There are those Americans that feel the President has done nothing wrong. I feel that this is
acceptable
because we live in a democracy and they have the rights to their opinions. However, the point I am
trying to achieve i
s a leader of great magnitude, such as the President of the United States, ought to embrace all 5
concepts of power (Johnson, 2013). There is much diversity in the country and the President should recognize
everyone equally and think of the impacts of deci
sions made. The President cannot just play to the select few
citizens that voted for him. All Americans should feel represented by their President. If the President understood
the concepts of power and how important it is to lead by example, utilizing refe
rent and expert concepts, he
would have more respect and admiration by the people. This would translate and yield more success in his
administration.
References
Fram, C. L. and Z. M.
-
A. P. (2019).
Trump
declares
national
emergency
to
build
border
wall
.
AP
Top
News
Package
. Associated Press DBA Press Association. Retrieved from
https://lopes.idm.oclc.org/login?url=https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=nsm&AN=AP9879a3
52fa8e48d9af5ac1735e287dce&site=eds
-
live&scope=site
Johnson, C. E. (2013).
Meeting
the
ethical
challenges
of
leadership:
Casting
light
or
shadow.
Thousand Oaks, CA:
Sage. ISBN
-
13: 9781452259185 URL
:
http://gcumedia.com/digital
-
resources/sage/2013/meeting
-
the
-
ethical
-
challenges
-
of
-
leadership_ebook_5e.php
2
If I had to boil the power that individuals and society have over the way that public administrators act down to one
word, it would have to be “pressure”. The individual citizens, communities, cities, states and the nation all hav
e a
vested interested in the public administrations around and above them. In order to satisfy those needs, they apply
pressure to those administrations. They do this through lobbyists, special interest groups, rallies, protests, political
donations, smear
s and ultimately through their votes (Johnson, 2013).
We see this pressure being applied every day when we flip on the news. The news itself is a form of pressure, as
most of the news is generally biased on way or another. Special interest groups use lobby
ists to apply pressure to
the administration to create new and better gun laws that might satisfy their agenda. Groups rally in the streets to
protest immigration reforms or for gay rights. There is currently pressure being applied to our nation’s presiden
t
because of his wall campaign from the media, congress and a large portion of the population. The big issues are
divisive and it is easy to see where the support and where the pressure is coming from.
Johnson, C. E. (2013).
Meeting
the
ethical
challenges
of
leadership:
Casting
light
or
shadow.
Thousand Oaks, CA:
Sage. ISBN
-
13: 9781452259185
URL:
http://gcumedia.com/digital
-
r
esources/sage/2013/meeting
-
the
-
ethical
-
challenges
-
of
-
leadership_ebook_5e.php
D Q 4-1 responses
1.
When I read this DQ question, I couldn't help but think about our country and the recent debates over border
security. News outlets around the country have been commentating on the President’s plan for declaring a
national emergency over the border wall fiasco. The President of the United States has utilized his legitimate
powers in declaring this emergency, and he announced his declaration this morning he plans on signing the
legislation this afternoon (Fram, 2019). In the meantime, it was reported that congress has struck a deal to avoid
another shut down. I found this bit of information to be rather intriguing. I was happy to see that we will avoid
another shutdown, however I couldn't help but think is the President declaring national emergency because he did
not get his way?
Unfortunately for the President, he does not lead by example, nor does he embrace all 5 concepts of power that
we have been learning about. Instead, he utilizes legitimate powers (as he learns of them throughout his
presidency) and through coercive measures. He lacks expert, referent, and reward capabilities. For some this is
acceptable. There are those Americans that feel the President has done nothing wrong. I feel that this is
acceptable because we live in a democracy and they have the rights to their opinions. However, the point I am
trying to achieve is a leader of great magnitude, such as the President of the United States, ought to embrace all 5
concepts of power (Johnson, 2013). There is much diversity in the country and the President should recognize
everyone equally and think of the impacts of decisions made. The President cannot just play to the select few
citizens that voted for him. All Americans should feel represented by their President. If the President understood
the concepts of power and how important it is to lead by example, utilizing referent and expert concepts, he
would have more respect and admiration by the people. This would translate and yield more success in his
administration.
References
Fram, C. L. and Z. M.-A. P. (2019). Trump declares national emergency to build border wall. AP Top News
Package. Associated Press DBA Press Association. Retrieved from
https://lopes.idm.oclc.org/login?url=https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=nsm&AN=AP9879a3
52fa8e48d9af5ac1735e287dce&site=eds-live&scope=site
Johnson, C. E. (2013). Meeting the ethical challenges of leadership: Casting light or shadow. Thousand Oaks, CA:
Sage. ISBN-13: 9781452259185 URL:http://gcumedia.com/digital-resources/sage/2013/meeting-the-ethical-
challenges-of-leadership_ebook_5e.php
2
If I had to boil the power that individuals and society have over the way that public administrators act down to one
word, it would have to be “pressure”. The individual citizens, communities, cities, states and the nation all have a
vested interested in the public administrations around and above them. In order to satisfy those needs, they apply
pressure to those administrations. They do this through lobbyists, special interest groups, rallies, protests, political
donations, smears and ultimately through their votes (Johnson, 2013).
We see this pressure being applied every day when we flip on the news. The news itself is a form of pressure, as
most of the news is generally biased on way or another. Special interest groups use lobbyists to apply pressure to
the administration to create new and better gun laws that might satisfy their agenda. Groups rally in the streets to
protest immigration reforms or for gay rights. There is currently pressure being applied to our nation’s president
because of his wall campaign from the media, congress and a large portion of the population. The big issues are
divisive and it is easy to see where the support and where the pressure is coming from.
Johnson, C. E. (2013). Meeting the ethical challenges of leadership: Casting light or shadow. Thousand Oaks, CA:
Sage. ISBN-13: 9781452259185
URL:
http://gcumedia.com/digital-resources/sage/2013/meeting-the-ethical-challenges-of-leadership_ebook_5e.php
