Political Behavior in Organizations

This text shows the organizational decisions that are most likely to involve politics. It also shows the reasons for political behavior and the most conducive conditions for political behavior. Even such things as the location of an office or its arrangement can involve politics. The text also introduces the idea of strategic contingencies.

Political Strategies in Intergroup Relations

Uo this point, we have explained the related concepts of power and politics primarily as they relate to interpersonal behavior. When we shift our focus from the individual or interpersonal to the intergroup level of analysis, the picture becomes somewhat more complicated. In developing a portrait of how political strategies are used to attain and maintain power in intergroup relations, we will highlight two major aspects of the topic. The first is the relationship between power and the control of critical resources. The second is the relationship between power and the control of critical resources where the second is the relationship between power and the control of strategic activities. Both will illustrate how subunit control leads to the acquisition of power in organizational settings.