Judy As A Source Of Power Essay
1. What source of power does Judy have, and what type of power is she using during the meeting? As Judy is chair of Business Department she has position as a source of power and she is using legitimate power during the meeting. In addition to this, Jean is also using the meeting influencing method by asking her employees for thoughts on the new policy.
2. (a) What source of power does Chris have, and what type of power is she using during the meeting? (b)Is the memo a wise political move for Chris? What may be gained/ lost by sending it? Chris has personal power as a source of power and he is using the rational persuasion power during the meeting, which is evident from the fact that he pointed that across the campus graduate assistants are …show more content…
used to correct papers. Yes, the move to send memos is political; with this move Chris is using the coalition influencing tactic , hoping to use influential people . By doing this, Chris might win his case, but his relationship with Judy will turn sore, which is very bad, as she is chair of Business Department.
3. What would you do if you were Judi? (a) Would you talk to the dean, letting him know that Chris said that he would appeal to the policy decision? (b) Which political decision would that discussion represent? (c) Would you draft a policy directly stating that graduate assistants cannot be used to grade objective exams? (d) Would your answer to (c) be influenced by your answer to (a )?
If I would have been Judi I would not have talked to the dean. If I would had talked to the dean then it would have been a coalition influencing decision. I would have rather used the power of connection and coalition influencing tactic to gain support of the policy through members of the other departments and the heads of the university. Yes, I would draft a policy directly stating that graduate assistants cannot be used to grade objective exams. Yes, my decision of drafting a policy would be influenced by my decision to talk to the dean.
4. If you were Chris (a) knowing that you had no verbal supporters during the meeting, would you have continued to defend your position or agreed to stop using a graduate assistant? (b) What do you think of Chris’s sending the memo? (c) As a tenured full professor, Chris is secure in his job. Would your answer change if you had not received tenure or promotion to the top rank?
My decision would not have been affected by whether I had verbal supporters or not, as far as I believed myself to be right. To me Chris sending the memos was a childish move; if he wanted other members to take his point then he should have personally contacted them, he could have also tried to persuade them a little more at the time of meeting. My answer would have changed if I had not received tenure or promotion to the top rank, then I would not have been that confident about my move and would have easily given up.
5. If you were Chris and Julie drafted a policy and department members agreed with it, what would you do? (a) Would you appeal the decision to the dean? (b) Again, would your answer change if you had not received tenure or promotion to the top rank? (a) If the policy would had been drafted I would have definitely appealed to the dean, as the dean holds the highest authority and it would be only him who could have challenged the decision of policy formation. (b) Yes, my answer will change, if I would not had received tenure or promotion to the top rank, then I would not have appealed to the dean, fearing not putting a bad impression on him, which could hinder my future possibilities of promotion.
6. If you were the dean of SAS, knowing that the vice president does not want to set a college wide policy, and Chris appealed to you, what would you do? Would you develop a school wide policy for the SAS?
Had I been the college dean, first of all I would have verified the truth of the Chris statements in which he stated that in other colleges there are no restrictions on graduate assistants to check the papers, if I would have found what he was saying was correct, I would not develop the policy, if I would have found otherwise, I would have definitely developed the policy, but only with mutual concession of all the other members.
7. At what level (college wide, by schools, or by departments within each school) should a graduate assistant policy set?
A graduate assistant policy should be set at college wide level, but if all members agree then only it should be accepted.
8. (a) Should Ted Brown have spoken up in defense of Chris during the meeting? (b) If you were Ted, would you have taken Chris’s side against the seven members? Would your answer change if you were not friends with Chris, and if you were or were not a tenured full professor ? (a) Yes, Ted Brown should spoke up in defense of Chris during the meeting, if he thought that Chris was right and he was on his side. (b) Yes, if I would have been Ted I would have taken Chris’s side against the seven members, my answer would not have depend on my friendship with Chris, but it would have changed if I would not have been a tenured full
professor.
9. What is the role of perception and attitudes and values in this case? In this case Charles has already perceived that having departmental policies won’t be a good idea. In this Charles has a negative attitude towards the decision of having departmental policies, while Judi has positive attitude towards the same decision. In this case, Judi has her own set of values that are against graduate assistants to grade exams.
10. What type of communications was used in this case? What was the major barrier to communication?
Verbal communications were used in the meeting and written communication was used when Chris sent memo to department members. Interpersonal barriers were the major barrier to communication in this case
11. Which conflict management style did Judi and Chris use in setting the policy? Which conflict management style would you have used if you were in Chris’s situation? In this case competing management style is used, if I would have been in Chris’s situation I would had used collaborating conflict management style
12. Which situational supervisory business style was Judi using to set the policy?
In this case Judi used Delegating business style to set the policy, as she asked the views of the department members in the meeting.
13. Which motivational theory was Chris using to defend his position to use graduate assistant? In this case Chris was using Motivation Hygiene Theory to defend his position to use graduate assistant
2. (a) What source of power does Chris have, and what type of power is she using during the meeting? (b)Is the memo a wise political move for Chris? What may be gained/ lost by sending it? Chris has personal power as a source of power and he is using the rational persuasion power during the meeting, which is evident from the fact that he pointed that across the campus graduate assistants are …show more content…
used to correct papers. Yes, the move to send memos is political; with this move Chris is using the coalition influencing tactic , hoping to use influential people . By doing this, Chris might win his case, but his relationship with Judy will turn sore, which is very bad, as she is chair of Business Department.
3. What would you do if you were Judi? (a) Would you talk to the dean, letting him know that Chris said that he would appeal to the policy decision? (b) Which political decision would that discussion represent? (c) Would you draft a policy directly stating that graduate assistants cannot be used to grade objective exams? (d) Would your answer to (c) be influenced by your answer to (a )?
If I would have been Judi I would not have talked to the dean. If I would had talked to the dean then it would have been a coalition influencing decision. I would have rather used the power of connection and coalition influencing tactic to gain support of the policy through members of the other departments and the heads of the university. Yes, I would draft a policy directly stating that graduate assistants cannot be used to grade objective exams. Yes, my decision of drafting a policy would be influenced by my decision to talk to the dean.
4. If you were Chris (a) knowing that you had no verbal supporters during the meeting, would you have continued to defend your position or agreed to stop using a graduate assistant? (b) What do you think of Chris’s sending the memo? (c) As a tenured full professor, Chris is secure in his job. Would your answer change if you had not received tenure or promotion to the top rank?
My decision would not have been affected by whether I had verbal supporters or not, as far as I believed myself to be right. To me Chris sending the memos was a childish move; if he wanted other members to take his point then he should have personally contacted them, he could have also tried to persuade them a little more at the time of meeting. My answer would have changed if I had not received tenure or promotion to the top rank, then I would not have been that confident about my move and would have easily given up.
5. If you were Chris and Julie drafted a policy and department members agreed with it, what would you do? (a) Would you appeal the decision to the dean? (b) Again, would your answer change if you had not received tenure or promotion to the top rank? (a) If the policy would had been drafted I would have definitely appealed to the dean, as the dean holds the highest authority and it would be only him who could have challenged the decision of policy formation. (b) Yes, my answer will change, if I would not had received tenure or promotion to the top rank, then I would not have appealed to the dean, fearing not putting a bad impression on him, which could hinder my future possibilities of promotion.
6. If you were the dean of SAS, knowing that the vice president does not want to set a college wide policy, and Chris appealed to you, what would you do? Would you develop a school wide policy for the SAS?
Had I been the college dean, first of all I would have verified the truth of the Chris statements in which he stated that in other colleges there are no restrictions on graduate assistants to check the papers, if I would have found what he was saying was correct, I would not develop the policy, if I would have found otherwise, I would have definitely developed the policy, but only with mutual concession of all the other members.
7. At what level (college wide, by schools, or by departments within each school) should a graduate assistant policy set?
A graduate assistant policy should be set at college wide level, but if all members agree then only it should be accepted.
8. (a) Should Ted Brown have spoken up in defense of Chris during the meeting? (b) If you were Ted, would you have taken Chris’s side against the seven members? Would your answer change if you were not friends with Chris, and if you were or were not a tenured full professor ? (a) Yes, Ted Brown should spoke up in defense of Chris during the meeting, if he thought that Chris was right and he was on his side. (b) Yes, if I would have been Ted I would have taken Chris’s side against the seven members, my answer would not have depend on my friendship with Chris, but it would have changed if I would not have been a tenured full
professor.
9. What is the role of perception and attitudes and values in this case? In this case Charles has already perceived that having departmental policies won’t be a good idea. In this Charles has a negative attitude towards the decision of having departmental policies, while Judi has positive attitude towards the same decision. In this case, Judi has her own set of values that are against graduate assistants to grade exams.
10. What type of communications was used in this case? What was the major barrier to communication?
Verbal communications were used in the meeting and written communication was used when Chris sent memo to department members. Interpersonal barriers were the major barrier to communication in this case
11. Which conflict management style did Judi and Chris use in setting the policy? Which conflict management style would you have used if you were in Chris’s situation? In this case competing management style is used, if I would have been in Chris’s situation I would had used collaborating conflict management style
12. Which situational supervisory business style was Judi using to set the policy?
In this case Judi used Delegating business style to set the policy, as she asked the views of the department members in the meeting.
13. Which motivational theory was Chris using to defend his position to use graduate assistant? In this case Chris was using Motivation Hygiene Theory to defend his position to use graduate assistant