Organizational Politics
Essay by srfewsfeds • October 24, 2017 • Case Study • 308 Words (2 Pages) • 914 Views
Organizational politics is engaging in workplace behavior designed to fulfil one’s personal agenda. Organizational behavior is also the practice of engaging in activities that are not required as part of one’s official role in the organization in order to influence, or attempt to influence , the distribution of advantages and disadvantages in the organization (Mitchell, 2016)
Engaging in organizational politics if possible should be completely avoided because personally I think reward should be given to those that are excellent with their jobs and not by boycotting or engaging in organizational politics. In one way or another, we all engage in organizational politics. Politics has been in existence for a long time and it will continue to be in existence, it is used everywhere even in our schools, hospitals and most of the time in organizations. I must say in our world today, employees will rather get familiar with their boss so as to get rewards, incentives and information for their benefits.
n terms of market research, the team Keast headed conducted focus groups and concept tests. Reading through the case and the information provided, there are some extremely telling clues as to where in the buying process that the consumer acceptance breaks down. For example, when the focus groups were conducted it was stated that many of the participants were “very enthusiastic about the TiVo concept, but they also expressed concerns.” The concerns inc
In relation to Kantar’s symbol of power these employees tend to access information earlier than other, they also have the managers or bosses seek out their opinion, they also procure above average raises, in my own opinion organizational behavior should be avoided (Mitchell, 2016).
My question to the class is that, how can organizational politics be managed?
REFERNCES
Mitchell, L. D. (2016). Managing power and political relationships. In The essentials of organizational behavior and management. Retrieved from http://etsu.grtep.com/index.cfm/fundmgngmdrnwrkfrce/page/chp10a.
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