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The example position is Logistics Management Specialist.

Examine how power, status, and influence operate as organizational dynamics in your own workplace environment. Take some time to think about where you fit in an organization with respect to these dynamics, and answer the following questions.

What are your goals with respect to power, status, and influence for the next five years of your career? For the next 10 years?

What positions would you like to attain and what would you like to accomplish along the way? How has learning about power, status, and influence processes shaped your professional goals?

What values would you like to adhere to in attaining these positions? Do you anticipate encountering any ethical dilemmas when applying your knowledge of these processes strategically to attain goals and increase leadership effectiveness? .

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My position is Logistics Management Specialist:
My goals concerning power, status, and influence for the next five years of my career are to use legitimate power, expert power, and referent power to achieve my work-related goals.

I will use legitimate power and expert power for logistics management operations. I will use these powers for planning, coordinating, and evaluating logistical actions that support government programs. In simple words, I will use my position and knowledge to carry out essential logistics management operations. Also, I will use my position and knowledge/ skills to carry out periodic independent systems evaluations and develop recommendations for system improvements. I will study the systems carefully and perform an analysis.

Also, I will use my status and influence to get adequate funding and timely completion of projects. I will also use my status and influence to collaborate and plan so that the ...

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