OGL 481 Pro-Seminar I:

PCA-Politcal Frame Worksheet

Worksheet Objectives:
1. Describe the political frame
2. Apply the political frame to your personal case situation

Complete the following making sure to support your ideas and cite from the textbook and other
course materials per APA guidelines. After the peer review, you have a chance to update this and
format for your Electronic Portfolio due in Module 6.

1) Briefly restate your situation from Module 1 and your role.

I work for the company Spalding a sports manufacturing company as a project manager. I
have been assigned a project to devlop a plan to make our basketball line more
environmentally friendly, while also maintaing cost effective measures and keeping
quality as a priority. Spalding has used a leather mixture for our basketballs and our
stakholders have taken notice that customers are more environmentally concious.
Maintaing the level of profitability and quality is key.

2) Describe how the politics of the organization influenced the situation.

Politics has impacted Spalding like any other organization. In my own personal
experience I have not seen the political frame influence decisions as much as other
companies I have worked for. Networking is always going to be a facet of propelling
yourself in the corporate world. However Spalding being the juggernaut in the industry
has made a confortable environment and I believe this is the reason we do not utilize the
political frame as extensively as other orgainizations.

Specifically with the project I was assigned to, Spalding felt pressure from the
professional leagues Spalding sponors to create and supply a environmentally friendly
composite basketball

3) Recommend how you would use organizational politics for an alternative course of
action regarding your case.

I intend to use organizational politics to influence my suppliers and distribution centers to

expedite production.

4) Reflect on what you would do or not do differently given what you have learned
about this frame.

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 After reading further about the political frame I would place further emphasis on
networking within the company and building more meaningful relationships with my
direct suppliers and distributors to make for a more seamless and efficient project.