1. POWER & POLITICS By
Devpriya Dey

2. POWER
It is the ability/capacity of a person/team/organisation to influence people & event
INGRATIATION: The process of getting someone to do what you want by putting that person in a good mood or by getting him/her to like you.
SOURCES OF POWER
Knowledge as power
Resources as power
Decision as power

3. OTHER SOURCES OF POWER Number of people as power
Reward Power: Ability to reward others
Coercive Power: Ability to influence others behavior by punishing their undesirable behavior
Referent Power: By being respected & admired
Legitimate Power: Power by position & authority
Information Power: Access to and/control of information
Expert Power: The ability to control another person’s behavior through the possession of knowledge, experience or judgment that the other person does not have

4. Consequences Of Power

5. POLITICS
It is the way that people gain & use power in the organisations
Organisational politics –
Attempts to influence others using discretionary behaviours to promote personal objectives
discretionary behaviours neither explicitly prescribed nor prohibited
Politics may be good or bad for the organisation

6. Types of Organisational Politics

9. Causes of Political Behaviour
Lust for power
Competition or command over resources
Protection of self-interests
Discretionary authority
Unequal distributional of authority
Saturation in career
Need for inter-department coordination

10. Handling Organisational Politics
Clearly defined jobs
Proper managerial behaviour
Effective communication
Fair evaluation system
Judicial distribution of resources

11. STONEWALLING: The practice of willingly hiding information by being secretive & deceitful which occurs when organisations punish individuals who are honest & reward those who are unethical.
BOTTOM LINE THINKING: The belief that an organisations financial success is the only thing that matters.