Smart Management
Using Politics in Organisations
Published on 18. April 2001
Book
Hardback
176 pages
978-0-333-94903-0 (ISBN)
Description
Politics play a central role in all organizations but to this point they have largely been seen as a negative force. Butcher and Clarke expose this as a misunderstanding and show how political behaviour is entirely endemic to managerial activity and how understanding and managing it can have extremely powerful positive effects. They provide an approach to managing politics by balancing personal and organizational interests and show how the centrality of politics to organizational life make it the ideal place from which to change existing patterns of power and influence.
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Language
English
Place of publication
Basingstoke
United Kingdom
Target group
Professional and scholarly
College/higher education
Dimensions
Height: 240 mm
Width: 159 mm
Weight
405 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-333-94903-0 (9780333949030)
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Persons
DAVID BUTCHER is Director of the General Management Development Programmes Group at Cranfield School of Management and acts as a consultant to a range of top companies including Mars, BP, Ericsson, Morgan Stanley, Williams Formula One and the European Space Agency. He has published widely in journals on business transformation and leadership and speaks frequently at international conferences and company seminars. - MARTIN CLARKE is Lecturer in Management Development in the General Management Development Programmes Group at Cranfield School of Management and works as a consultant to a broad range of companies.
Content
Organisational Politics - Why Politics are Perceived as Illegitimate - Legitimate Politics - How to Understand Political Behaviour in Organisations - Constructive Political Behaviour - Political Strategies