Exercise Task
Read the transcript of the speech that your professor
will provide you. Then answer the following questions:
1.
What types of power does Henry exert in this
speech? Give specific examples of each type.
2.
It is interesting that Henry had been a notoriously
wayward youth before turning his life around and
living up to his royal responsibilities. In what ways
might knowledge of his past tend to increase or
decrease his referent power?
3.
In Shakespeare’s play, of course, Henry’s speech
inspires his soldiers to almost impossible victory.
You may or may not find it inspiring, but you
should be able to see why audiences have long
praised it as sufficiently stirring to account for
such an improbable achievement. What elements
of the speech do the most to make it inspirational?
If you find the speech inspiring, explain why. If
you don’t, explain why not.
BUILDING EFFECTIVE INTERPERSONAL SKILLS
Exercise Overview
Interpersonal skills
refer to your ability to communicate
with, understand, and motivate both individuals and
groups. This exercise asks you to examine in what
ways your attitudes toward work relationships reflect
your political behavior in the workplace.
Exercise Task
A series of 20 statements follows. To what extent does
each statement describe your use—actual or planned—
of the described behavior when you’re on the job? To
address this question, rate your response to each state-
ment according to the following scale:
1
2
3
4
5
Rarely
Occasionally
Usually
_______ 1. I use personal contacts to get jobs and
promotions.
_______ 2. I try to find out what’s going on in every
organizational department.
_______ 3. I dress the same way as the people in power
and develop the same interests (e.g., watch or
play sports, or join the same clubs).
_______ 4. I purposely seek contacts and network
with higher-level managers.
_______ 5. If upper management offered me a raise
and promotion requiring me to move to
a new location, I’d say yes even if I didn’t
want to move.
_______ 6. I get along with everyone, even people
regarded as difficult to get along with.
_______ 7. I try to make people feel important by
complimenting them.
_______ 8. I do favors for other people and ask for
favors in return; and I thank people,
often sending thank-you notes.
_______ 9. I work at developing a good working rela-
tionship with my supervisor.
_______ 10. I ask my supervisor and other people for
advice.
_______ 11. When someone opposes me, I still work
to maintain a positive working relation-
ship with that person.
_______ 12. I’m courteous, positive, and pleasant in
my relationships with other people.
_______ 13. When my supervisor makes a mistake, I
never point it out publicly.
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