Power Office Politics and a Career in The Office
Thomas Green: Power, Office Politics and a Career in Crisis
Q3. What are the possible underlying agendas of Davis and McDonald?
Ans. Davis and McDonald are industry veterans who have grown from where Thomas has grown to their current positions, having spent multiple years understanding the ground realities. Thomas seems to have assumed that Davis has an underlying agenda against him because he opposed Davis publicly during the meeting. This bias could partly be coming from the fact that McDonald had warned Thomas about a possible fallout due to him not being the preferred choice for his current role.
However, there appears to be no hidden agenda of a witch-hunt going on as Thomas would like to believe. Davis has constantly been giving Green feedback on what might come in handy for his new role. Davis, having been an account executive himself and having grown from that position to his current role of Marketing Director is likely to understand what might come in handy for Thomas in a role for which he has no prior experience. In fact, his advice on spending more time to prepare for client meetings does seem to hold some weight, since this is the feedback that market specialists have on his working style. The only hidden agenda that Davis seems to have is to achieve the numbers projected for the year. His method of reconciling difference of opinions with Green, however, leaves much to be desired.
McDonald had anticipated that Green would face issues adjusting to his new role and had rightly predicted a possible fallout between Davis and Green. However, based on her email, her agenda seems to be to understand both their point of views and bring them to common ground, while keeping the growth targets in mind.
Q4. What actions, if any, would you take if you were Thomas Green?
Ans. Green’s perception that politics predominates in his workplace is decreasing job satisfaction, morale and commitment and has increased his intention to find another job, possibly through
Q3. What are the possible underlying agendas of Davis and McDonald?
Ans. Davis and McDonald are industry veterans who have grown from where Thomas has grown to their current positions, having spent multiple years understanding the ground realities. Thomas seems to have assumed that Davis has an underlying agenda against him because he opposed Davis publicly during the meeting. This bias could partly be coming from the fact that McDonald had warned Thomas about a possible fallout due to him not being the preferred choice for his current role.
However, there appears to be no hidden agenda of a witch-hunt going on as Thomas would like to believe. Davis has constantly been giving Green feedback on what might come in handy for his new role. Davis, having been an account executive himself and having grown from that position to his current role of Marketing Director is likely to understand what might come in handy for Thomas in a role for which he has no prior experience. In fact, his advice on spending more time to prepare for client meetings does seem to hold some weight, since this is the feedback that market specialists have on his working style. The only hidden agenda that Davis seems to have is to achieve the numbers projected for the year. His method of reconciling difference of opinions with Green, however, leaves much to be desired.
McDonald had anticipated that Green would face issues adjusting to his new role and had rightly predicted a possible fallout between Davis and Green. However, based on her email, her agenda seems to be to understand both their point of views and bring them to common ground, while keeping the growth targets in mind.
Q4. What actions, if any, would you take if you were Thomas Green?
Ans. Green’s perception that politics predominates in his workplace is decreasing job satisfaction, morale and commitment and has increased his intention to find another job, possibly through