Organizational Power and Politics
Organization and management 2
Introduce the issues and practices of organizational power and organizational politics.
Introduce the issues and practices of power and organizational politics.
Power and politics within an organization revolve around staff and involves many facets of the organization including company resources, money, time and authority. Power is the ability of an individual or group to influence others to do what they want done. Politics is the use of techniques and tactics by an individual or group to achieve power and influence within an organization. Organizational power and politics are central to all organizations and they affect the behaviours within those organizations greatly. Understanding the effect of an organizations political system and the use of power and influence within the organization is essential in order to manoeuvre the organization towards its goals.
Organizational power, Power can be defined as “the ability or capacity to make others do something or act in a particular way”. It is the capacity of a person, team, or organization to influence others. There are five main sources of power which were identified by John R.P French and Bertram Raven.
Reward power, this is based on an agent’s ability to control or to which an entity can control the dispensing of rewards and benefits. Rewards can be both tangible (such as pay raise) and intangible (encouragement).
Referent power, this is a power that gives the ability for a leader to empathize with subordinates and have referent power in their communication. A leader with referent power will try to identify how their subordinates feel and then sympathize and engage with their subordinates with a similar experience they have had in the past.
Legitimate power, which is based on an agreement between an agent and a target the agent is trying to influence. The effectiveness of legitimate power depends on how the agent uses it. If the agent abuses their
Introduce the issues and practices of organizational power and organizational politics.
Introduce the issues and practices of power and organizational politics.
Power and politics within an organization revolve around staff and involves many facets of the organization including company resources, money, time and authority. Power is the ability of an individual or group to influence others to do what they want done. Politics is the use of techniques and tactics by an individual or group to achieve power and influence within an organization. Organizational power and politics are central to all organizations and they affect the behaviours within those organizations greatly. Understanding the effect of an organizations political system and the use of power and influence within the organization is essential in order to manoeuvre the organization towards its goals.
Organizational power, Power can be defined as “the ability or capacity to make others do something or act in a particular way”. It is the capacity of a person, team, or organization to influence others. There are five main sources of power which were identified by John R.P French and Bertram Raven.
Reward power, this is based on an agent’s ability to control or to which an entity can control the dispensing of rewards and benefits. Rewards can be both tangible (such as pay raise) and intangible (encouragement).
Referent power, this is a power that gives the ability for a leader to empathize with subordinates and have referent power in their communication. A leader with referent power will try to identify how their subordinates feel and then sympathize and engage with their subordinates with a similar experience they have had in the past.
Legitimate power, which is based on an agreement between an agent and a target the agent is trying to influence. The effectiveness of legitimate power depends on how the agent uses it. If the agent abuses their