POSITION PAPER: POWER, POLITICS,

 

AND CULTURE

 

I NEED THIS BACK NLT 3:00 EST TOMORROW

 

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 (see attached) 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

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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.

 

 

 

Influence of Politics and Power

 

1.Explain how politics and power-play may have influenced the

 

organization’s culture.

 

2. Sources of

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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:

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An executive summary is a condensed version of your full

 

report. 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:

 

• 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

 

• Include a References List

• Include a cover page containing the title of the assignment, the

 

student’s name, the professor’s name, the course title, and the date

 

Include in-text citations following APA style,

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using attributive tags

 

and signal verbs

 

• Cite at least two credible sources

 

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