Final Blog Post Summer 2012

As your internships finish up, consider the feelings you have had during the semester? Did you struggle to balance work and class? What emotions do you go through on a daily basis? Do you ever get overwhelmed by everything? Along that same vein, how would you rate your experience? More positive than negative? Provide a sort of synopsis of your life over the summer. 

Post 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?