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INTRODUCTION
Alliances and coalitions in organizationscompete for resources
Power impacts organizational life work attitude motivation communication retentionKnowing how power functions is
important
WHAT IS POWER?
Interpersonal (or intergroup) relationship in which one individual (or group) can cause another individual (or group) to take an action that it would not otherwise take.
Involves changing the behavior of another
person A has power over person B if B believes A can force B to comply.
POWER/LEADERSHIP/AUTHORITY RELATIONSHIPPower is closely related to leadership
and authority
Leadership
Authority Power
TYPES OF POWER
Reward PowerCoercive Power (punishment power)Legitimate Power (authority)Referent Power (charisma)Expert Power Information Power
POLITICS
Those activities taken within organizations to acquire, develop, and use power and other resources to obtain one’s preferred outcome in a situation where there is uncertainty of outcome.
POLITICS
The use of power to influence decisions that achieve desired outcomes.1. Self-interest2. Decision-making process Uncertainty & disagreement
Why do we have politics?
Different ideas, values, interests and goals
Limited resources (money etc.)
Outcome is not clearly defined
Models of politics Rational model• Goals clear• Central power• Choices made in a logical way• decisions orderly, logical and rational• Outcome-maximizing• Reliable information systems• Efficiency
Models of politics
Political model • Goals not clear • Coalitions • Disagreement & uncertainty • Poor information • Conflict & Bargaining • Power and influence needed • Winners and losers • Empowered employees
Process Framework
Uncertainty &Disagreement
Tactics for increasingPower Base
Gather Data,Reach Agreement
Political TacticsFor Using Power
PoliticalModel
RationalModel
The Dark Side of Power and PoliticsPower and politics often have negative connotations because people associate them with attempts to use organizational resources for personal advantage and to achieve personal goals at the expense of other goals.
The Bright Side
Managers can use power to control people and other resources so that they cooperate and help to achieve an organization’s current goals.Managers can use power to engage in politics and influence the decision-making process to help promote new, more appropriate organizational goals.
Thanks for listening And have a nice Navratri. BY:
ANAND KUMAR TIWARIARSHAD HUSSAINNIMMI KAURGIL