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Office Politics Final Presentation
Office Politics Final Presentation
Noman Khan
BME-1004
What is Politics?
Politics is a process by which groups of people make
collective decisions. The term is generally applied to
behavior within civil governments, but politics has
been observed in other group interactions, including
corporate, academic, and religious institutions.
What is office Politics?
• Scarcity of resources
• A too competitive work environment
• Subjective performance
• standards
• Unclear job definitions
• Emotional insecurity
How To
Deal
With
Office
Politics?
Surviving office politics
•It is almost impossible to avoid office politics
•Here are some fool proof tricks that can not only help you
in surviving office politics, but also be effective in
advancing your career the right way.
Strategies which will help to get out of office politics
• Do not brag about your achievement. Let your work speak for itself
or let somebody else do the bragging.
• Learn to get along with people who appear not to like you or whom
you may not like.
• Accept your imperfections. When you make error, admit it. The
cardinal sin on the job is to blame somebody else for your errors.
• Those who persecute others are mostly the ones who do the least on
the job. This is their political strategy due to their inadequacies.
Build relationships
Avoid gossip
Work hard
Communicate well
Remain neutral
Give credit
Speak wisely