The Perkins Components Organization

What type of power does Jerry Taylor have, if any, in this situation? What would you recommend Jerry do at the end of this case, and why?
First of all, it is really important to have a good understanding of the organizational realities and power dynamics in the Perkins Components organisation to be able to evaluate Jerry Taylor’s position in it.
By identifying the different power sources available in the organization, we can obtain the following “power map”:

As we can see in the “map” above, Jerry Taylor’s formal power (through his status) in the organisation is not very important; but his “collaboration network” within his department and outside with the engineering department puts him a particular position. He seems to be the only