THE POLITICS OF POLY-TRICKING: w/ PROFESSOR GRIFF
Politics: Policy, Polity, Politicking, and Politicization
Politics is an intentional act of influencing others through the acquired power to enhance self–interest and organizational advancement in the following ways:
Power characterizes political action.
Political action takes place when an actor recognizes that achievement of his goals is influenced by the behavior of others.
Politicking involves the elimination of adversaries by the influential maneuvers of members of the organization.
Politics involves the management of influence to obtain ends not sanctioned by the formal organization.
Any behavior by organizational member that is self–serving may be termed political
Organizational politics exists wherever people work together.
behavior referred to as politics takes place in varying degrees in all organizations.
Not all behaviors are categorized as being ‘political’. Asking for an annual increase or salary review is not political but coming together under an umbrella of trade union is a political act.
