You can double check the points assigned to each group yourself. Imagine 

 a 0-4 scale on the role-map, both vertically and horizontally from the origin. 

 The point of origin is equal to the point. Determine the difference between 

 the broker and arbitrator score that the computer displays on your screen. 

 Symbolize it by placing a tentative dot in the direction of the positive score 

 on the vertical axis of the role-map. Do the same thing with the advocate- 

 guardian scores on the horizontal axis. 



For example, if the broker score is 3.5, and the arbitrator score is 2.0, 

 place a tentative dot in the direction of the broker quadrants approximately 

 1.5 points from the origin. In order to find the final placement of the dot, 

 compute the advocate-guardian score and move tUe dot horizontally in the 

 direction of the positive score. 



For example, with an advocate score of 2.0 and a guardian score of 3.0, 

 the difference is 1.0 in the horizontal direction of guardian. Locate the 

 final placement of the marker dot up; from the 1.0 horizontal plane to a point 

 of convergence with the broker-arbitrator tentative dot which is now extended 

 to the right by 1.0 (i.e., broker = 1.5: guardian = 1) . 



The "AVERAGE QUADRANT ARCS" shown on the screen above the role-map show 

 the point at which the computer calculates the boundary for each quadrant to 

 intersect the horizontal and vertical dimensions. Additionally, resource 

 power, information power, and constituency-support power scores will be 

 determined. 



Next, the screen will display in a bar graph the relative power of each 

 agency that you are describing. The asterisk (*) represents an agency's 

 resource powers, the number symbol (#) represents the information powers, and 

 the percentage symbol (%) represents the constituency support for each agency 

 1 i sted . 



The predicted roles for each organization will then be listed. A brief 

 explanation of the broker-arbitrator, advocate-guardian tendencies is provided 

 for each organization that you list. 



The letter assigned earlier to each group is used next in a final grid 

 that displays the distance between the varied powers (horizontal letter exten- 

 sion) and intensity of roles (vertical spaces) for all agencies in relation to 

 each other. The computer will list the name of the agency from whose perspec- 

 tive the grid views the other agencies' role intensities and perceived power 

 previously identified. Next, the computer shows the relative power and role 

 distances for each agency requested. This completes the analysis. 



Your screen will then display: 



ANALYSIS COMPLETE 



(See a sample run of MAPO in Example 7.) 



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