power relationships

English translation: relationships/contacts with people of influence/decision makers/key employees

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English term or phrase:power relationships
Selected answer:relationships/contacts with people of influence/decision makers/key employees
Entered by: Danila Moro

17:15 Feb 3, 2015
English language (monolingual) [PRO]
Bus/Financial - Human Resources / suggestions for employees on the basis of the results of a corporate questionnaire
English term or phrase: power relationships
--Identify power relationships, the level of influence and importance of these relationships to the achievement of your business objectives as well as their interests or concerns.

--Fill in an influence/interest matrix to analyze this strategically and use the map and/or matrix to develop a stakeholder action plan for the next 6-12 months.



How do you interpret "power" here? What kind of relationships are meant?
Danila Moro
Italy
Local time: 10:17
relationships/contacts with people of influence/decision makers/key employees
Explanation:
My take on it
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Jacek Kloskowski
United States
Local time: 05:17
Grading comment
thanks, this was my idea too.
4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer



SUMMARY OF ALL EXPLANATIONS PROVIDED
4superior-subordinate relationships
Igor Kondrashkin
4organization-stakeholder relationships (here)
acetran
3rapporti di potere
Sabina Moscatelli
3relationships/contacts with people of influence/decision makers/key employees
Jacek Kloskowski
Summary of reference entries provided
A previous question
Helena Chavarria

Discussion entries: 1





  

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rapporti di potere


Explanation:
secondo me si dice così

Sabina Moscatelli
Italy
Local time: 10:17
Works in field
Native speaker of: Native in ItalianItalian
Notes to answerer
Asker: mi hanno già dato questa risposta nella sezione en-ita, ma io non sono affatto convinta che questo sia il senso, perciò l'ho sottoposta ai madrelingua.

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superior-subordinate relationships


Explanation:
Power relations are those relations where one party dominates (has and exercises power over) the other party.

Igor Kondrashkin
Russian Federation
Local time: 11:17
Works in field
Native speaker of: Russian
Notes to answerer
Asker: I don't think this is the meaning here. How would you make sense of this in the context? Could you explain?

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relationships/contacts with people of influence/decision makers/key employees


Explanation:
My take on it

Jacek Kloskowski
United States
Local time: 05:17
Native speaker of: Native in PolishPolish, Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 4
Grading comment
thanks, this was my idea too.
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organization-stakeholder relationships (here)


Explanation:
It is very clear from the second point (--Fill in...6-12 months) that the relations within the organisation are not being referred to in this context.

Please see this link which shows the influence/interest matrix to map the organisation-stakeholder (or power relationships, as per this context).

http://www.tutor2u.net/business/accounts/stakeholder_power.h...

The relevance of this topic is even greater given
the recent governance failures involving Enron, Tyco, and WorldCom.
http://www.albany.edu/~pm157/research/stakeholders.pdf

This article from The Academy of Management Journal tries to show the effect of power relationships on the firm's financial performance.

Other references:
http://www.policy-powertools.org/Tools/Understanding/docs/st...





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Note added at 11 hrs (2015-02-04 04:38:09 GMT)
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This is the link to the A\article from The Academy of Management Journal
http://faculty.bschool.washington.edu/skotha/website/article...

acetran
Works in field
Native speaker of: Native in HindiHindi, Native in EnglishEnglish
Notes to answerer
Asker: The stakeholders in my contest can also be people inside the organisation (managers, employees etc.), so the problem of traducing "power" remains, what is meant here is the powerful stakeholdes.

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Reference comments


2 hrs
Reference: A previous question

Reference information:
http://www.proz.com/kudoz/English/social_science_sociology_e...

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Note added at 2 hrs (2015-02-03 19:44:04 GMT)
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The concept of "power relations" deals with how different groups are able to interact with and control other groups. Understanding power relations is important for understanding modern sociology. However, there is considerable debate about how power relations should be defined.
In areas where different groups of people live, one group is likely to exert control over the other group. The relations can be clear and unambiguous in certain scenarios; slaves, for example, are explicitly controlled by other groups. Power relations also deal with more subtle forms of control; roles in movies are dominated by men, so many claim that patriarchal dominance privileges men over women in films.

http://www.ask.com/world-view/power-relations-8263a0ae182ff7...

Helena Chavarria
Spain
Works in field
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 16
Note to reference poster
Asker: thanks for the explanation, but I can't find a relationship between this meaning and my context. Can you? I personally think that the meaning here should be another.

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