Nursing Leadership and Management

1. Discuss the three broad organizational theory perspectives–objectives, subjective, and
   postmodern– and how each of these influences organizational functioning, power dynamics, and
   outcomes.
2. When approached as an objective entity, an organization exists as an external reality,
   independent of its social actors. Provide an example of this organizational structure.
3. A subjective approach to the phenomenon of organization asserts that an organization cannot
   exist independent of its social actors. Provide an example of this organizational structure.
4. The postmodern organization is understood both as an arena in which power struggles between
   dominate and subordinate groups play out as a text to be rewritten to free its members from
   exploitive and controlling influences. Provide an example of this organizational structure

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