What source of power does Latoya have

Chapter 9: Ethical Power, Politics, and Etiquette – Case Study Human Relations Chapter 9 – Case Study Latoya Jefferson Use of Power and Politics Please read Chapter 9’s Case Study on pages 290-282. This case actually did happen. However, the names have been changed for confidentiality. Thus, you cannot go to the college Web site where the case really happened. Therefore, go to your own college Web site and get information that you did not know about your college. Remember to support your answers to the following questions with specific information from the case and text, or with other information you found on the Web or other sources. What source of power does Beth have, and what type of power is she using? (a) What source of power does Latoya have, and (b) what type of power is he using during the meeting? (c) Is the memo a wise political move for Latoya? What may be gained and lost by sending it? What would you do if you were Beth? (a) Would you talk to the dean letting him know that Latoya said he would appeal the policy decision? (b) Which political behavior would the discussion be? (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 you were Latoya, (a) knowing you had no verbal supporters during the meeting, would you have continued to defend your position or agree to stop using a graduate assistant? (b) What do you think of Latoya sending the memo? (c) As a tenured full professor, Latoya is secure in his job. Would your answer change if you/Latoya had not received tenure or promotion to the top rank? If you were Latoya, and Beth 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/Latoya had not received tenure or promotion to the top rank? If you were the dean of SAS, knowing that the VP does not want to set a college wide policy, and Latoya appealed to you, what would you do? Would you develop a school wide policy for SAS? At what level (college wide, by schools, or by departments within each school) should a graduate assistant policy be set? (a) Should Ted Brown have spoken up in defense of Latoya during the meeting? (b) If you were Ted, would you have taken Latoya’ side against the other seven members? (c) Would your answer change if you were and were not friends with Latoya, and if you were and were not a tenured full professor? Cumulative Questions What is the role of perception (Chapter 2) and attitudes and values (Chapter 3) in this case? What type of communications were used in this case (Chapters 5)? What was the major barrier to communications? Which conflict management style (Chapter 6) did Beth and Latoya use in setting the policy? Which conflict management style would you have used if you were in Latoya’ situation? Which situational supervisory leadership style was Beth using (Chapter 7) to set the policy? Which motivation theory was Latoya using to defend his position to use graduate assistance? (Chapter 8) How did the case situation actually end? Chapter 9 Case Study is worth 70 points. Please submit completed assignment to the Dropbox titled Chapter 9: Case Study in either Rich Text Format (.rtf) or in Microsoft Word (.doc or .docx).