The organisational dynamics of guilds can be explored using the Bureaucratic Politics model, which can be applied when there are multiple actors engaged with different priorities and perceptions (McFarland & Gomez, 2013). The Bureaucratic Politics theory contends that the multiple players in an organisation have different resources and power, and the actors will enter a game of exchange or bargaining according to agreed rules (McFarland & Gomez, 2013). Each of the millions of World of Warcraft players have resources of interest to other players, such as quest items, knowledge or access to trade skill masters. Guilds are formed to enable groups to have access to resources and enhance their ability to advance through the game.
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3. The process of choice is where mutually acceptable trades are arranged (McFarland & Gomez, 2013). There is a better chance of success for all players if the group works together, rather than as individuals, so the group must work together to make decisions. At the same time each team member is likely to want to protect their own parochial interests such as advancing one’s own personal quest, developing their own skills, or gaining power within the guild. Therefore, the exchange process must be negotiated so that resources in the form of skills, collective knowledge, or quest items are shared in a manner that is mutually acceptable for group members.
4. Each actor trades, trying to improve their position, fulfilling their preferences/identity as best they can until no more legal or mutually acceptable trades are possible (McFarland & Gomez, 2013). The guild continues to reach collective decisions through the exchange of resources in order to advance through the various stages and challenges of the game.
While the Bureaucratic Politics model provides a useful lens for examining guilds as coalitions that enhance mutual interests and make favourable decisions, there are other elements that influence the organisational dynamics of guilds that are not explicitly discussed in this theory. The Bureaucratic Politics theory asserts that
4. What, if anything, did the foremen do well that helped the group's conflict management and decision-making process?
There are different types of communities within academic disciplines. According to Ann M. Johns, “Discourse Communities and…”, each community serves a different purpose and has a specific goal intended for its readers. In this instance, academic communities depict that there are distinct fields that every individual chooses to be part of, and how each community has its own expectations and style of writing. The academic disciplines range from biology, political, science, history, and many more. In this paper, I will state the particular expectations that the political science community expects from its scholars within the political theory field. Also, how some political science writers use similar or different writing traits to get their message
Society as we know it is the framework shaped from the coalition of a group of
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They avoid conflict and feelings, so that people focus on other things. However, people are gathering information and opinions about everything, so not much work gets done. The second stage is called storming. In this stage people start to confront each other. Some people will be happy about this, where as other people would prefer to still be in the forming stage. People will look for clearness in the structure and rules to make sure that the conflict doesn't get any worse. The next stage is called norming. In this stage the group now have an understanding of each other after the conflict. So they now support and listen to each other and they are prepared to change their opinions that they made in the forming stage. They group worked hard to get to this stage as they may have not wanted things to change. The final stage is called performing. In this stage they all know each other well, so they can communicate effectively, to ensure that they get everything
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each other in check, ensuring everything is fair and smart, and one group will not overpower the
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