MBA 665 CTI John D Rockefeller the Standard Oil Trust & Dominance Theory Discussion

Question Description

Read the Standard Oil case study beginning on page 73-82 of the textbook as well as pp. 145150 of Exxon and the Control of Oil.

From the perspective of the Pluralist theory, consider the following prompts in your initial post:

With reference to the seven levels of corporate power addressed in the text, how did the power of Standard Oil change society?
Was the power exercised in keeping with the social contract of Rockefellers era?
Does the story support the position of either the pluralist or dominance theory of business power?
Also, state four reasons you will personally ascribe to pluralist theory.
Explain your reasoning/ disagreements for not choosing the social contract from the perspective of the dominance theory.
Support with scholarly research cited in APA style.

Book: Business, Government, and Society: A Managerial Perspective

13th Edition

Steiner, John; Steiner, George

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