commonplace on the Alma campus. The threat is only a major outlash of the massive amount of discrimination and separation that occurs here at Alma, and a very bothersome one at that.
             Diversity can definitely effect a member's power in an organization, power being the ability to control or dominate other people (P. 238). Power can exist on many different levels, such as management levels. As stated earlier women and minorities are much more prevalent on the lower rungs of the management ladder, and may never climb as fast or as far as their Anglo male co-worker. The idea of the glass ceiling (P. 353) explicitly states this occurrence. This idea is the fact that women and minorities can look through the glass to the upper-level management, but never go beyond the ceiling that is placed on their career due to the fact of not being the Anglo male. This idea is very accurate according to studies as mentioned earlier, and extremely sad. It would be devastating to be the person restricted by this glass ceiling, and to know that despite your experiences, performance, or ability, your career can only grow to predetermined heights.
             Diversity in structure is closely related to the power within an organization. The way an organization is organized is there structure, or the hierarchy of the organization. The way that power flows is controlled by the line and staff positions along the outline of the structure. The lower placement of minorities and women along outline is a major form of discrimination, and unfortunately found in many organizations. The glass ceiling as discussed previously is placed in this structure, which is controlled by the politics of the organization. This is the effect of what relationships between the different levels really means. For example, the relationship that exists between myself and President Stone, and the way our interactions with each other is based on our placement in the hierarchy of Alma College. Th...