Self-Reflection Exercise on Politics, Conflict and Power

Self-Reflection Exercise on Politics, Conflict and PowerNameInstitutional AffiliationDate Conflicts, politics and power always interplay each other in the society. Carole (2018) defines power as the ability to do something in a particular way CITATION Cou18 \l 1033 (Counihan, 2018). Sometimes it can become quite difficult to define the term power since it varies from one person to the other. Politics refers to the way of governance in the society. In most of the societies, political conflicts occur on a regular basis and they are triggered by a number of factors. In an organization, conflicts occur on a regular basis but depending on how these conflicts are handled, they can have positive consequences on the organization or negative consequences. The purpose of this paper is to provide a self-assessment on the different ways through which conflicts have impacted my life and my career. Personally, I do have my own political beliefs and I do think that these beliefs have affected my career is one way or another. When you are working with your group of people, there are times where you will get to talk politics and share something in relation to governance. I am always careful when giving my political opinions during these discussions since I do understand that they can affect my life in one way or the other. In a specific situation, while working, we were discussing about a new promotion in the organization that was around the corner. The chief operating officer at the organization had announced his retirement and someone was supposed to fill his job position. We all had different views on the particular person whom we preferred to get the promotion. The two of us supported the same individual for the promotion while our third friend differed with us. He had his preferred candidate for the promotion. We had a long discussion on why we thought that our candidates were the ...