02 Jan POSITION PAPER:

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ASSIGNMENT 3

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POSITION PAPER: POWER, POLITICS, AND CULTURE

Due Week 8, worth 250 points

Power and politics greatly influence an organization’s culture. In business, the culture can make or break an organization’s productivity. In this assignment, you’ll analyze the ways power and politics have influenced an organization’s culture. You’ll apply best practices you learned in course resources and your own research to make recommendations for improving this organization’s culture.

PREPARATION

Using the same organization from the first two assignments, imagine the CEO has now requested your task force investigate the influence of power and politics on the corporate culture. You have been asked to prepare a position paper that presents and supports your recommendations to improve the culture.

Prepare for this assignment by delving into the organization’s culture and identi-fying the resources you, the task force leader, will use to create your research-supported position paper. Use at least two quality resources such as the course textbook, company website, business websites (CNBC, Bloomberg, etc.), resources from the Strayer Library, and/or outside sources.

Note: Wikipedia and web-based blogs do not qualify as credible resources.

INSTRUCTIONS

Develop your position paper, addressing the following components:

1. Influence of Politics and Power

Explain how politics and power-play may have influenced the organization’s culture.

2. Sources of Power

Explore the sources of power and describe how management could use this influence to benefit your department and improve organizational performance.

3. Leadership Behavior and Culture

Make recommendations that support how the study of power and politics could influence leadership behavior and improve the organization’s culture.

4. Leadership Influence

Discuss the importance and complexity of leadership behavior. How does it influence organizational structure and performance?

5. Executive Summary

Prepare an executive summary that presents your recommendations for ways in which the organization could build a stronger culture. Note:An executive summary is a condensed version of your fullreport. It should summarize briefly all the main points in concise paragraphs. It should be written clearly and should use language appropriate for the audience.

PROFESSIONAL AND APA FORMATTING REQUIREMENTS

Your assignment must follow these general APA formatting requirements:

.jpg”> Be typed (five to seven pages recommended, excluding cover and reference pages), double-spaced, using Times New Roman font (size 12) with one-inch margins on all sides

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.jpg”> Include a cover page containing the title of the assignment, the student’s name, the professor’s name, the course title, and the date

.jpg”> Include in-text citations following APA style, using attributive tags and signal verbs

.jpg”> Cite at least two credible sources

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Criteria

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1. Influence of Politics and Power

Weight: 20%

ASSIGNMENT 3: POSITION PAPER: POWER, POLITICS, AND CULTURE

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Unacceptable

Fair

Proficient

Exemplary

Below 70% F

70-79% C

80-89% B

90-100% A

Does not

Partially

Satisfactorily

Completely

explain how

explains how

explains how

explains how

politics and

politics and

politics and

politics and

power-play

power-play may

power-play may

power-play may

may have

have influenced

have influenced

have influenced

influenced the

the organiza-

the organiza-

the organiza-

organization’s

tion’s culture.

tion’s culture.

tion’s culture.

culture.

Identifies some

Identifies some

Accurately

issues but

core issues and

identifies the

does not fully

connects them

core issues and

explore them or

to the impact

strongly con-

make a strong

on the culture.

nects them to

connection to

The explana-

the impact on

their impact.

tion uses

culture. The

Uses little

research

explanation is

research

support

well-supported

support.

by research.

2. Sources of

Does not identi-

Partially identi-

Satisfactorily

Completely

Power

fy the sources

fies the sourc-

identifies the

identifies the

of power or

es of power

sources of

sources of

Weight: 20%

describe how

and describes

power and

power and

management

how manage-

describes how

describes how

could use this

ment could use

management

management

influence to

this influence

could use this

could use this

enhance organi-

to enhance

influence to

influence to

zational perfor-

organizational

enhance organi-

enhance organi-

mance. There is

performance.

zational perfor-

zational perfor-

no reference to

Not all key

mance. Most

mance. Uses

research

concepts are

key concepts

relevant key

identified and

are accurately

concepts and

there is a loose

identified and

makes valid

connection to

there is a con-

connections to

performance.

nection to

enhanced

There is little

enhanced per-

performance

research

formance with

that are

support.

research

well-supported

support.

by research

3. Leadership

Does not identi-

Partially recom-

Satisfactorily

Provides excel-

Behavior and

fy the sources

mends how the

identifies the

lent recommen-

Culture

of power or

study of power

sources of

dations as to

describe how

and politics

power and

how the study of

Weight: 20%

management

could influence

describes how

power and poli-

could use this

leadership

management

tics could influ-

influence to

behavior and

could use this

ence leadership

enhance organi-

impact the

influence to

behavior and

zational perfor-

organization’s

enhance organi-

impact the orga-

mance. There is

culture, but the

zational perfor-

nization’s

no reference to

recommenda-

mance. Most

culture. Recom-

research

tions are unclear

key concepts

mendations are

or unrealistic.

are accurately

credible and

There is no clear

identified and

relevant with a

connection to

there is a con-

strong connec-

the impact on

nection to

tion to the

culture. There is

enhanced per-

impact on

little or no

formance with

culture backed

research

research

by well-support-

support.

support.

ed research.

4. Leadership

Does not

Partially recom-

Satisfactorily

Provides excel-

Influence

recommend

mends how the

recommends

lent recommen-

how the study

study of power

how the study

dations as to

Weight: 20%

of power and

and politics

of power and

how the study

politics could

could influence

politics could

of power and

influence lead-

leadership

influence lead-

politics could

ership behavior

behavior and

ership behavior

influence lead-

and impact the

impact the

and impact the

ership behavior

organization’s

organization’s

organization’s

and impact the

culture. There is

culture, but the

culture. Recom-

organization’s

no reference to

recommenda-

mendations are

culture. Recom-

research.

tions are

clear and

mendations are

unclear or

mostly realistic;

credible and

unrealistic.

there is a con-

relevant with a

There is no

nection to the

strong connec-

clear connec-

impact on

tion to the

tion to the

culture.

impact on

impact on

Research sup-

culture

culture. There

port is evident.

backed by

is little or no

well-supported

research

research.

support.

5. Executive

Does not

Partially

Satisfactorily

Thoroughly

Summary

discuss how the

discusses how

discusses how

discusses how

importance and

the importance

the importance

the importance

Weight: 10%

complexity of

and complexity

and complexity

and complexity

leadership

of leadership

of leadership

of leadership

behavior

behavior influ-

behavior

behavior

influences

ences organiza-

influences

influences

organizational

tional structure

organizational

organizational

structure and

and perfor-

structure and

structure and

performance.

mance. Some

performance.

performance.

There is no

key concepts

Most key con-

Relevant key

reference to

are missing

cepts are pre-

concepts are

research.

and there is

sented with

presented with

little or no

research

strong research

research

support.

support.

support.

6. Write

Writing does not

Writing is satis-

Writing could

Writing is excel-

Professionally

meet minimum

factory. Profes-

be improved,

lent. Tone is

Using Quality

standards. Tone

sional tone is

but meets

professional

Resources

is not profes-

developing.

acceptable

and sophisticat-

sional. Commu-

Shows moder-

standards. Tone

ed. Shows logic,

Weight: 10%

nication is

ate logic, clari-

is professional.

clarity, and

wholly lacking

ty, and/or con-

Shows logic,

consistent

in logic, clarity,

sistent format-

clarity, and

formatting.

and/or consis-

ting. May con-

consistent

Contains no

tent formatting.

tain more than

formatting. May

spelling,

Contains many

a few spelling,

contain few or

mechanical, or

spelling,

grammar,

no spelling,

grammatical

mechanical,

mechanical,

mechanical,

errors. Is free of

formatting,

formatting, or

and/or gram-

formatting and

citation, and/or

citation errors.

matical errors.

citation errors.

grammatical

There may be

errors.

Does not meet

minor format-

Exceeds

the required

ting or citation

number of

References are

number of

errors.

required refer-

not provided.

references;

ences; all refer-

some or all

Meets the

ences are

references are

number of

high-quality

of poor quality.

required refer-

choices

ences; all refer-

ences are

high-quality

choices