Organization Theory - the MOVE Situation

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This paper discusses the history of the MOVE group, an anti-government organization. The paper explains that MOVE members were linked with gun traffic and possession and other related crimes, which led to tense relationships between MOVE members and the Philadelphia police. The paper then discusses a case study that presents the final part of the conflict between the Philadelphia police and MOVE members and relates that this conflict was ended by a fire in which some MOVE members, both adults and children, lost their life. The case is analyzed using the following areas of organization theory: organization structures and dynamics, decision-making, and motivation.

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"In the MOVE situation, it is more than clear that the Philadelphia mayor benefits from a great amount of power. His power comes from both individual and organizational sources. On official level, the mayor holds the greatest power within his organization. Even more, his power can be used further than his organization, as the mayor can use its power to change things in his community. Actually, this is the job he is paid to perform: exerting the power invested in him in order to neutralize the problems that his community is dealing with."

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