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    The word politics is taken in a negative sense in most of the situations. Despite of this widely held belief‚ politics can be found everywhere right from home to the organization or the country level. Politics exists in every place where there are more than one person seeking same resources which are limited. Intentionally or unintentionally‚ everybody plays politics in one or the other way to serve their purpose and it proves to be helpful for someone while considered as “dirty” by others who are

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    Organizational Power and Politics Politics and power in the workplace is believed by many to be a game that corporate and management plays. Games usually have rules to follow‚ a referee or judge‚ and an ending with a winner‚ however. Although politics has a winner‚ this game never ends‚ the rules are always subject to change‚ and there is no referee or unbiased spokesperson. Corporate traditions sometimes become culture and establish much of the biased game of politics that is played within the

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    Introduction Organizational politics refers to behaviors “that occur on an informal basis within an organization and involve intentional acts of influence that are designed to protect or enhance individuals’ professional careers when conflicting courses of action are possible” (Drory‚ 1993; Porter‚ Allen‚ & Angle‚ 1981). Organizational politics is an elusive type of power relations in the workplace. It represents a unique domain of interpersonal relations‚ characterized by the direct or indirect

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    Organizational Politics Organizational politics are a part of everyday life within a company. The use of these politics can be positive or negative depending on how they are implemented by managers and leaders in the company. The affect on communication in an organizations culture is defined by how leaders as well as employees treat each other and communicate daily. Culture is established in the way people interact and communicate information. Leadership based on the companies values and goals

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    into a dynamic organizational culture and politics. Politics is power in action cite Culbert and McDonough (1985). There can be no politics without power whether personal or authoritative‚ and most often than not‚ people engage in politics at the workplace to achieve additional power of some kind. Thus‚ the essay has been compiled in agreement with the statement that political activity is alive and well in organizations today. Ployhart (2006) remarks that often organizational politics is concerned

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    Organizational Concepts

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    Organizational Concepts Table of Contents 1. Chapter 1: Organizational Planning 4 1.2. Introduction: 4 1.3. Defining Planning 4 1.4. Recognizing the Advantages of Planning 5 1.5. Using Plans to Achieve Goals 5 1.6. Criteria for effective goals 6 1.7. Coordination of goals 6 1.8. Detailing Types of Plans 7 1.9. Operational plans 7 1.9.1. Tactical plans 8 1.9.2. Strategic plans 8 1.9.3. Contingency plans 9 1.10. Identifying Barriers to Planning 9 2. Chapter 2 – Creating Organizational

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    ABSTRACT Organizational politics which govern all the workplaces is considered to be an unavoidable factor. Advances in technology and globalization had made our world smaller‚ politics allows for great opportunities for both collaboration and competition. This enhances the quality of the product of business but may hinder the organizational policies and politics. We examine how much politics is involved in leadership‚ teamwork and employee efficacy

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    INTRODUCTION TO ORGANIZATIONAL POLITICS This piece consists heavily of quotations from and adaptations of material from several sources (see references at the end). There still may be some unreferenced quotations because I have lost track of their genesis over many years of moving content through various notes. I don’t claim originality‚ other than the choice and organizing of material - Rex Mitchell. Pfeffer (1992‚ p.30) defined politics as “the processes‚ the actions‚ the behaviors through which

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    Organizational Behavior Organizational Power‚ Culture‚ and Politics Question 1: What power tactics can employees use to translate their power bases into specific actions and how does each one work? There are nine tactics that an employee can use to translate their power bases into specific actions. The tactics are legitimacy‚ rational persuasion‚ inspirational appeals‚ consultation‚ exchange‚ personal appeals‚ ingratiation‚ pressure‚ and coalitions. The first tactic‚ legitimacy is

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    internal organizational changes affect the social structure of the organization? How can managers minimize the negative aspects of change in order to preserve the social structure? 5. Explain the differences between horizontal and vertical differentiation. Give examples to support your explanation. 6. Describe the contributions to the theory of organizational structure by Peter Blau. Reveal how Argyris and Aldrich (1972) criticized Blau’s research data relating to organizational size and

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