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Course: Organizational Behavior for Masters of Business Administration students

Topic: Power & Politics

Description: An assignment submitted and answered by myself originally based on the learnings from the

discussion.

1. Who had power in this organization? What type of power did Harry Walden have? (25 points)

Every individual in organization has power that could be exercised in greater or lesser

degrees (Merchant,2018). In the scenario, everyone has a power but only Harry had exercised

his power well. Roger has personal power, the marketing president has position power and Harry

have both position power and personal power. Two people hasn’t well exhibit their power, without

power, human behavior cannot be influenced toward a desired outcome (Cairns,2017). For

example, Roger who could’ve used his personal power, specifically expert and rational persuasion

as way of getting the position. Meanwhile, the marketing president who could’ve used her position

power specifically legitimate power to command Harry to team up with her to influence committee

in recommending Roger.

Moreover, Harry indeed used a combination of both which has the greatest potential

influence on the action of others (Mcpolin,2017). Harry with both personal and position power

have the strongest overall power and control. From the very start Harry has been using legitimate

power. In disguise of advice, he used his authority in discouraging and commanding Roger to sit

back and wait for the position already intended for him. Harry also used his information power to

control and reverse Roger’s desires in front of the committee. His information power is strengthen

by his credibility that made him more influential and trustworthy despite he’s not saying the

truth(Eikenberry,n.d). Aside from Harry’s positional power, he used his personal Rational

persuasion as an effective tool in turning his own will to everyone’s will (Stack,2016).

As a result, Harry was able to get his desired outcome but he used his powers for his

personal favor/wish. He use blended positional and personal power for maximum effect of his

will(Mcpolin, 2017) however abusive and unethical usage powers affect followers trust and

performance (Bell,2007) which could happen to Roger.

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2. Do you think Roger played company politics well? If so, why didn’t he get the international sales

job? (25 points)

No, he didn’t play politics well, it’s the other way around. The scenario showed that Roger

has been played and reversed by politics. Roger was very focused on his job performance hence

he failed to notice the influence of power and politics. In reality, it takes both great performance

and political savvy to get ahead and target an ambition(Marcus, 2017).

Mainly, he did not get the job because he did not use his personal power to have control

or play with company politics. First, he did not utilize well his rational persuasion in convincing his

desires to his boss. He’s unaware that the best person who could recommend him is his

immediate supervisor (Corcione,2018).For instance, he should’ve showcased to Harry how

deserving he is, how this job can expand his horizon and professional growth and his capacity to

perform in that field. Second, he didn’t use his referent power on creating a network that could

recommend him. It’s not necessarily to target those people in high-level roles but to know who

are in the circle of influence or people who has ability to make things happen (Miller,n.d).Lastly,

he didn’t use is expert power. For example, he could’ve made a GTKY(Get to know you) session

with key people, especially those who are in International Sales. In this way, he can influence

them by humble bragging and sharing his sales knowledge and also he’s gaining more insight on

their job nature as well.

Overall, it’s recommended to balance great performance and politics as this is vital to

employees and leaders in any stage of their career (Simosko,n.d). To add, Roger can win the

situation if he just use his personal power. Personal power alone is strong enough to persuade,

galvanize , make things happen by just influencing(Steinbrecher,n.d) to win people and situations.

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Course: Organizational Behavior for Masters of Business Administration students Topic: Power & Politics Description: An assignment submitted and answered by myself originally based on the learnings from the discussion. 1. Who had power in this organization? What type of power did Harry Walden have? (25 points) Every individual in organization has power that could be exercised in greater or lesser degrees (Merchant,2018). In the scenario, everyone has a power but only Harry had exercised his power well. Roger has personal power, the marketing president has position power and Harry have both position power and personal power. Two people hasn’t well exhibit their power, without power, human behavior cannot be influenced toward a desired outcome (Cairns,2017). For example, Roger who could’ve used his personal power, specifically expert and rational persuasion as way of getting the posit ...
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