Organisational Politics
Organisational Politics
Organisational Politics
Organisational
Politics
By Namrata Anand
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Organisational title
politics- thestyle
political subsystem
• Definitions
• According to Tushman, “politics refers to the
structure and process of the use of authority and
power to affect definition of goals, direction and
the other major parameters of the organisation.
Decisions are not made in a rational way but
rather through compromise, accommodation and
bargaining.”
• Politics refers to the way people gain and use
power in organisation. Power and politics are
closely related to each other. When employees in
organisations convert their power into action,
they are described as being engaged in politics. 2 2
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Political Master title style
behavior
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Examples Master title
of political style
behavior
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Negative Master
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politics
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Functions of Master title style
organisational politics
Organisation politics helps the people in the organisation to adapt to the
organisational goals and helps the organisation to succeed in ways that the
formal structure alone cannot guarantee. Organisational politics adds life to
the otherwise lifeless skeleton of the organisation.
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Causes edit Masterbehaviour
political title style
• Psychological factor
• Organisational culture.
• Saturation in career.
• Lust for power.
• Technology and external
environment
• Scarcity of resources.
• Ambiguous goals.
• Non-programmed decisions.
• Organisational change.
• Discretionary authority.
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Managing MasterBehaviour
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Limiting the Master
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Any Questions?
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