Chapter 25 Flashcards
What is the key to power
Dependency
What are 2 faces of power
- Personal power
- Social power
What are contingency variables that influence the use of power tactics
- Personality
- Relative power
- Objectives
- Organization culture
What are uses of power in organization
- Different form of harassment
- Political behavior
- Groups & coalitions
- Impression management
- Ethics and power
What is impression management
Manage the impression what other people perceive you
What is power corruption cycle
More authority to top management and gap between employees and company.
What is political behavior
Actions not officially sanctioned by an organization that are taken to influence others in order to meet one’s personal goal.
What is game playing
political behavior is game playing.
What level in organization political activity perceived increased
At higher level of organization
What is co-optation
It is a political tactic, to get supported by putting possible opponents on a task force or advisory board.
What is high performance pressure
Pressure from organization to output more from employee
What encourages organization politics
- Uncertain resource allocation
- Coordination
- Leadership changes
How to manage organization politics
- Reduce system uncertainty
- Reduce competition
- Break existing political fiefdoms
