Opening Keynote: History, Politics, and Education: Teaching about Holocaust and Genocide

Format: 5 minute introduction, 20 min per speaker, 30 minute discussion Moderator: Debórah Dwork, Strassler Center, Clark University

Panel Four: Politics and Policy

Format: 5 minute introduction, 15 min per speaker, 70 minute discussion Moderator: Shelly Tenenbaum, Clark University

Power and Politics in Organizations

Aristotle made the observation that man is a political animal. Engineers often like to think they are above the fray when it comes to organizational politics, but most organizational theorists believe politics is a fundamental dynamic in any group. This paper examines the various ways that people use power within organizations to negotiate the political interactions in the work place.