Description
For the Session Long Project this session you will be applying the concepts from the background 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.
In preparation for the SLP, make sure you have a thorough grasp of the terminology from the background materials including the main sources of power and types of power tactics. Once you are comfortable with the terminology and concepts from the background 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- to 3-page paper addressing each of the following questions. For each answer, make sure to cite at least one reference from the required background readings.
- 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.
- 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 background materials.
- Did this manager make good use of their sources of power and influence tactics, or did they misuse or abuse their power?
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here is the paper
Running Head: INFLUENCE TACTICS
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Influence Tactics
Student Name
Institution Affiliation
INFLUENCE TACTICS
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Introduction
Power is necessary to get things done. People in charge draw their power from different
sources, hence, exercise it differently. As such, the use of power creates either positive or
negative results. Nonetheless, power is important in advancing careers and more power
facilitates greater command when it comes to decision making. There are five forms of power
including legitimate power, reward power, coercive power, expert power, and referent power.
The Manager’s Main Sources of Power
According to Luthans (2015) power is the ability to manipulate other people, as well as
have control over them. My previous manage...
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