Power and Politics-Essentials of Organizational Behavior

 Power and Politics-Essentials of Organizational Behavior

 Power and Politics-Essentials of Organizational Behavior

Instructions/Descriptions

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You will be applying the concepts from the uploaded materials to your own personal experiences in the workplace. You likely have experienced many if not all of the concepts at one point or another in your career, but you may not have been familiar with the precise terminology.

Make sure you have a thorough grasp of the terminology from the uploaded materials, including the main sources of power and types of power tactics. Once you are comfortable with the terminology and concepts from the uploaded materials, think of a manager that you worked with closely who held a fair amount of power at the organization you worked for. Then write a 2-3 page paper addressing each of the following questions. For each answer, make sure to cite at least one reference from the uploaded materials.

1. What were this manager’s main sources of power? Include a discussion of reward power, legitimate power, and expert power as well as other sources of power discussed in the background readings.
2. Discuss some influence tactics used by this manager. Include a discussion about whether or not this manager used the influence tactics discussed in Anderson (1998) and Luthans et al. (2015) from the uploaded materials.
3. Did this manager make good use of their sources of power and influence tactics, or did they misuse or abuse their power?

SLP Assignment Expectations

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• The paper should be double-spaced, using 12 pt. type in the Times New Roman font. It should consist of a 2- or 3-sentence introduction, a body, and a 2- or 3-sentence conclusion.
• Assignment content should include a brief introduction to the assignment, background information about the organization being studied, and discussion in terms of the concepts or theories being applied in the assignment.

References:

Anderson, D. A. (1998). Using power and influence tactics for better results. Marine Corps Gazette, 82(12), 37-38.

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Luthans, F., Luthans, K. W., & Luthans, B. C. (2015). Chapter 10: Power and Politics. Organizational behavior: An evidence-based approach. Charlotte, North Carolina: Information Age Publishing, pp. 280-287.

Schulman, D. (2014, Jul). Koch vs. Koch. Mother Jones, 39, 16–27,64,2

Tomsho, R. (1989, Aug 09). Blood feud: Koch family is roiled by sibling squabbling over its oil empire: Fired by his brother, William sues often, helps feds to probe Koch Industries, haling mother into court. Wall Street Journal

Pfeffer, J. (2010). Power play. Harvard Business Review, July-August, Vol 88 Issue 7/8, p. 85-92. [Business Source Complete]

Robbins, S. (1997). Chapter 11: Power and politics. Essentials of Organizational Behavior. Pearson Education, New York, NY. Retrieved from  www.rim.edu.bt/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/OBCDCH116.pdf

Hellriegel, D. & Slocum, J. (2004). Chapter 9: Power and political behavior. Organizational Behavior 10th Edition. Mason, Ohio: Thomson/South-Western. Retrieved from  http://www.swlearning.com/management/hellriegel/ob10e/isc/web_chapters/00-032C09.pdf

 Power and Politics-Essentials of Organizational Behavior

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