Last Post!

For the last post, provide your fellow students with a brief description of how you felt overall about your experience. Would you do it again? Would you recommend one of them try to work there? Use this as an opportunity to provide a brief glimpse into your final term paper, which your fellow students will not get to see. Make sure you read other's post and comment on at least one person's post. It can be anything job related.  Finally, tell me what you would have done differently if you were the supervisor. Saying nothing is a fine answer.

Prompt #4

A lot of discussion in business journals lately revolves around the impact of upward social influence tactics. Upward social influence tactics can be understood as the way subordinates (you guys) attempt to positively impact the relationship with the supervisor in order to improve their own ability for promotion. Some believe influence tactics are strictly conscious while others believe that sometimes an individual might perform influence tactics without necessarily knowing it. An example of an influence tactic would be to ingratiate yourself to your supervisor by always complementing their work. Another influence tactic might be always staying late or being their early. Or, you may be the first to volunteer for a job nobody else wants to do. Do you in your job notice yourself purposefully engaging in social influence tactics? In what way have you performed social influence? Do you believe it is having a positive effect on your relationship with your supervisor? Have some tactics backfired?