TEXTBOOK READING AND LEARNING

IwA (Influence without Authority)

Chapter 8Influencing Your Boss

chapter 9Influencing Difficult Subordinates

 

MTT (Making the Team)

chapter 10Networking, Social Capital, and Integrating across Teams

chapter 11Leadership: Managing the Paradox

 

Assume that you are a manager within an organization and a leader of a multicultural team spread across four countries, with tight deadlines.  Many of your members report to executives in different divisions and departments.

Considering the learning from our two textbooks of this week, outline how you might achieve positive outcomes.  Pay particular attention to specific leadership and management approaches that can draw on influence, networks, social links, and cross-departmental associations.

Provide a formal paper of at least 300 words, using business writing, and at least two external quality references and citations.

Note that business writing would still have a title page, double spacing, short sentences, more headings that are numbered, and shorter paragraphs.

Provide citations and references to our textbooks and at the least two other respected external resources that you found it useful.

 

Books for this course are:

 

Cohen, A. R., & Bradford, D. L. (2005). Influence without authority: How to lead people who do not report to you. (2nd ed.). Hoboken, NJ: Wiley.

 

ISBN: 0-471-46330-2

 

Thompson, L. L. (2014). Making the team: A guide for Managers (5th ed.). Upper Saddle River, NJ: Pearson Education.