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    Power is the ability to influence others through control of resources. It comes from both formal positions and informal personal attributes. Power flows through reporting relationships, lateral relationships, and cross-functional relationships in an organization. Workplace politics involves using power and networking to benefit individuals or the organization. It can have both positive and negative consequences, such as increasing or decreasing productivity, spreading rumors, and forming coalitions. Employees may respond perceptually by becoming defensive or disengaged. Managing politics requires understanding its sources and impacts.

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    Power is the ability to influence others through control of resources. It comes from both formal positions and informal personal attributes. Power flows through reporting relationships, lateral relationships, and cross-functional relationships in an organization. Workplace politics involves using power and networking to benefit individuals or the organization. It can have both positive and negative consequences, such as increasing or decreasing productivity, spreading rumors, and forming coalitions. Employees may respond perceptually by becoming defensive or disengaged. Managing politics requires understanding its sources and impacts.

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    UNIT-5

    • The term power is generally taken to be the


    capacity of a person to exert influence over
    others.

    POWER • According to White & Bender, “ Power is the


    ability to influence people or things, usually
    obtained through the control of important
    resources.”
    Base of
    power
    Interpersonal source or Base of Power:
    1) Formal Power
    2) Informal or Personal Power
    Structural Sources
    • Knowledge
    • Resource
    • Decision Making
    Source of Power
    • Position
    • Expert
    • Personal
    • Opportunity
    NITH
    Power flows

    Reporting relationships Lateral relationships

    Cross-functional
    relationships
    •Workplace politics, (office politics or organizational politics) is the use
    of power and social networking within an organization to achieve
    changes that benefit the organization or individuals within it. Influence
    by individuals may serve personal interests without regard to their effect
    on the organization itself.

    Politics
    Organizational response
    CONSEQUENC
    ES OF
    POLITICAL Perceptual response
    BEHAVIOUR
    Defensive Behavioural
    response
    ORGANIZATIONAL
    1. Attacking, Blaming & Complaining:
    Whistleblowing
    POLITICAL BEHAVIOUR
    2. Controlling Information: leaking
    confidential information, withholding
    information
    3. Forming Coalition
    4. Decrease Overall Productivity-
    5. Spoil Ambience
    6. Demotivate Employee
    7. Spreading Rumors
    8. Symbolic Protest
    Employee perceptual response to Organizational politics
    Managing organization politics

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