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1. What source of power does Beth , and what type of power is she using during the meeting?

2. () What source of power does Latoya have, and what type of power is she using during the meeting? (b) Is the memo a wise political move for Latoya? What may be gained/lost by sending it?

3. What would you do if you were Beth? (a) Would you talk to the dean, letting him know that Latoya said she would appeal the policy decision? () Which political behavior would thai discussion represent? () Would you draft a policy directly stating that graduate assistants cannot be used to grade objective exams? () Would your answer to (e) be influenced your answer to {a?

4. If you were Latoya, (a) knowing you had no verbal supporters during the meeting, would you have continued to defend your Page 305 position or agreed to stop using a graduate assistant? () do you of sending the memo? As a tenured full professor, Latoya is secure in her jobWould your answer change if you had not received tenure or promotion to the top rank?

5.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 had not received tenure or promotion to the top rank?

6. If you were the dean of the SAS, knowing that the vice president does not want to set a collegewide policy, and Latoya appealed to you what would you do? Would you develop a schoolwide policy for the SAS?

7. At what level (collegewide, by schoolsor by departments within each school) should a graduate assistant policy be set?

8. Should Ted Brown have spoken up in defense of Latoya during the meeting? () If you were Ted, would you have taken Latoya’s side against the seven other members? () Would your answer change if you were or were not friends with Latoya, and if you were or were not a tenured full professor?