Perkins Component Company

What type of power does Jerry Taylor salute, if any, in this situation? What would you recommend Jerry do at the end of this case, and why? First of all, it is really important to have a good netherstanding of the organizational realities and power dynamics in the Perkins Components organisation to be able to evaluate Jerry Taylors position in it. By identifying the different power sources available in the organization, we can commence the following power mapAs we can see in the map above, Jerry Taylors formal power (through his status) in the organisation is not very(prenominal) important but his collaboration network within his plane section and outside with the engineering department puts him a particular position. He seems to be the only one with the necessary authority and connections to be able to sack the collaboration between the two departments in the company happen. Thus, his network gives a certain power. At the end of the case, we can see that the situation as becom e very difficult to handle with Frank getting very upset, and for good reasonThe most important for Jerry Taylor is to maintain this situation under control. In order to do so, he cant allow Frank leave his office like this. Since its the manufacturing department which Jerry Taylor belongs to that is in the wrong, it is Jerrys duty to get responsibility for tom Darrows decisiveness not to get a TA from the engineering department and present the manufacturing department apologies (represented by him) to the engineering department (represented by Frank).If manufacturing does not accept and recognize that it was his fault, the two departments wont collaborate anymore in the future which would result in a disaster for the company Moreover, when fashioning a change in the company organisation, it is very important to impose guidelines and rules and stick to them. In this case, it had been made clear that a TA should be asked from engineering when a change in plan wanted to be done, and Tom Darrow deliberately did not respect this rule.To make it up to engineering and show them that they can work together with the manufacturing people, Jerry Taylor needs to show them that manufacturing is respecting the rules. Thus, he needs to get someone from his department to ask for a TA, Tom Darrow would normally be the one in charge but he did not do it. Therefore, he should ask Ralph since as a elevator car shop foreman, he is responsible for following the procedure as stated.