Power Andpolitics Could Influence Position Paper

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Power Andpolitics Could Influence Position Paper

POSITION PAPER: POWER, POLITICS, AND CULTURE: 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 (Starbucks), 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 identifying 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.

Develop your position paper, addressing the following
components:

1. Influence of
Politics and Power:Explain how politics
and power-play may have influenced theorganization’s culture.

2. Sources of Power:Explore the sources of power and describe how management coulduse this influence to benefit your
department and improveorganizational
performance.

3. Leadership Behavior and Culture:Make recommendations that support how the
study of power andpolitics could
influence leadership behavior and improve theorganization’s culture.

4. Leadership Influence:Discuss the importance and complexity of leadership behavior. Howdoes it influence organizational
structure and performance?

5. Executive Summary:Prepare an executive summary that presents your recommendationsfor 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 conciseparagraphs. It should be written clearly and should uselanguage appropriate for the audience.