Module 1 – SLP
INFLUENCE TACTICS AND SOURCES OF POWER
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?
SLP Assignment Expectations
Follow the assignment instructions closely and follow all
steps listed in the instructions.
Stay focused on the precise assignment questions; don’t go
off on tangents or devote a lot of space to summarizing general background
materials.
Make sure to cite readings from the background materials
page. Rely primarily on the required background readings as your sources of
information.
Include both a bibliography and in-text citations. See the
Student Guide to Writing a High-Quality Academic Paper, including pages 11-14
on in-text citations.
