For this assignment answer each of the following questions thoroughly. Provide references and in text citations.

Think of the most effective and successful organizational politician you know.

• Identity the politician and discuss why you believe he is effective and/or successful.
• Discuss the sources of power from which this politician draw.
• Explain the strategies this person employed and the strategies that have been the most effective and why.
• Explain whether the strategies identified above were used constructively to enhance organizational goal attainment. Discuss whether these strategies were used for self-serving purposes.
• Discuss whether you have power relative to this person. Why or why not? Do you need or want more power in this case? If yes, then what are some of the ways in which you might increase your influence and power?
• Describe what you can learn from this person that will help you gain power and use it constructively for your and the organization's benefit. (In some cases, this might involve learning from behavior and strategies you want to avoid rather than emulate).