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POWER & POLITICS

INORGANISATION

PRESENTED BY

LUKESH SONI (0917)

NIRAV B. MEHTA(0924)

PRAVIN ANDHALKAR (0927)

PRAVIN KURKUTE (0930)

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  INTRODUCTION

• Power is the capacity of a person,team or organisation to influence

others – the potential to influence others

 – people have power they don’t use

and may not know they possess – power requires one person’sperception of dependence on anotherperson

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• Politics

 –

Behavior to influence or attempt toinfluence the distribution of advantages and disadvantageswithin the organization.

• The use of politics and power isendemic to organizations.

CONT……..

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MEASURING BASES OFPOWER

• Coercive power

 The person can make thingsdifficult for people, and you wantto avoid getting him or her angry.

• Power that is based on fear.

•

Reward power

 The person is able to give specialbenefits or rewards to people, andyou find it advantageous to trade

favors with him or her.

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• Legitimate power

 The person has the right,

considering his or her position andyour job responsibilities, to expectyou to comply with legitimaterequests.

• Expert power

 The person has the experience an

dknowledge to earn your respect, andyou defer to his or her judgment in

some matters.

• Referent power You like the person and enjoy

doing things for him or her.

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EMPOWERMENT

The freedom and the ability of employees to make decisions andcommitments

Managers disagree over definitionof empowerment

Empowerment as delegating decisionmaking within a set of clear boundaries

versus

Empowerment as “a process of risktaking and personal growth”

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Company must help employeesacquire the relevant skills

Employees need to be supported intheir decision making, and not criticized

when they try to do somethingextraordinary

Employees need to be recognized for

their efforts

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  Characteristics of Empowered

People♦ Sense of self-determination

– Employees are free to choose how to do theirwork; They are not micromanaged

♦ Sense of meaning

– Employees feel that their work is important tothem; They care about what they are doing

♦ Sense of competence

– Employees are confident about their ability to do

their work well; They know they can perform♦ Sense of impact

– Employees people believe they can have influenceon their work unit; Others listen to their ideas

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POLITICAL BEHAVIOR

Those activities thatinfluence, or attempt toinfluence, the distribution of advantages and disadvantages

within the organization.

Legitimate: normal everyday behavior

Illegitimate: extreme political behaviorsthat violate the implied rules of the game

Politics may be good or bad for theorganisation

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 Types of  Types of 

organisationalorganisational

politicspolitics

ManagingManagingimpressionsimpressions

Attacking andAttacking andblamingblaming

CreatingCreatingobligationsobligations

CultivatingCultivatingnetworksnetworks

ControllingControllinginformationinformation

FormingFormingcoalitionscoalitions

  TYPES OF ORGANIZATIONALPOLITICS

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CONDITIONS FORORGANIZATIONAL POLITICS

ConditionsConditions

supportingsupporting

organisationalorganisationalpoliticspolitics

ScarceScarceresourcesresources

Complex andComplex andambiguousambiguousdecisionsdecisions

PersonalPersonalcharacteristicscharacteristics

 Tolerance of  Tolerance of politicspolitics

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  Development of political skills

♦Social Astuteness- ability to read the people

♦

Organizational Astuteness- ability to read theorganization

♦

Interpersonal Influence

♦ engender Trust

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EFFECT OF POLITICS ONORGANISATION

♦Staff Morale

♦Productivity

♦Profitability

♦Customer Satisfaction

♦Shareholder Return

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RemoveRemovepolitical normspolitical norms

Free flowingFree flowinginformationinformation

ProvideProvidesufficientsufficientresourcesresources

IntroduceIntroduceclear rulesclear rules

HireHirelow-politicslow-politicsemployeesemployees

IncreaseIncreaseopportunitiesopportunitiesfor dialoguefor dialogue

CONTROLLING POLITICALBEHAVIOR

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Peer pressurePeer pressureagainst politicsagainst politics

Manage changeManage changeeffectivelyeffectively

AwarenessClear definition

of jobs

CONTI…………

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