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Equitable Governance

LD202
Module 1: Power in the Hierarchy
3 Lessons

How power really flows in organisations, and why it tends to concentrate.

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Power in the Hierarchy

1

Formal and Informal Power in Organisations

Understand how authority is granted by structure and how real influence flows through relationships, reputation and access to information.

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Why Power Concentrates: Bureaucracy and the Iron Law

Understand how organisations naturally tend towards concentrated authority, and recognise the structural forces, not just individual ambition, that drive this pattern.

25 min
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The Hidden Costs of Centralised Authority

You will understand how concentrated power erodes organisational resilience, stifles innovation, and creates fragile systems that collapse under pressure or change.

25 min
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