Organizational Behaviour

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Dr Poornima Gupta

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 Agenda

1 Defining political behaviour in organizations

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2 Conditions encouraging politics in organizations

3 Impression management

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 Politics in an Organization

Organizational Politics – application or usage of power in organizations.

Political Behaviour
• Activities that are not required as part of one’s official role in the organization,
but which influence, or try to influence, the distribution of advantages or
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disadvantages within the organization.

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 Politics: Power in Action

• Normal everyday politics -

Legitimate Political
complaining, bypassing,
Behaviour
obstructing
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• Behaviour that is extremely

Illegitimate political and violates the
Political Behaviour understood rules of the game:
sabotage, and symbolic protest

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 Political Skill
Political skill – the ability to get things done through favourable interpersonal
relationships outside of formally prescribed organizational mechanisms
• Social astuteness
• Interpersonal influence
Learned
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• Networking ability traits

• Sincerity

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 Conditions Encouraging Political Activity
• Unclear goals
• Autocratic decision making
• Ambiguous lines of authority
• Scarce resources
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• Uncertainty

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 Impression Management
This is the process through which people try to control the impression others
form of them.
Some common IM techniques:
• Conformity
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• Excuses
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• Self-promotion
• Flattery
• Favours

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 Summary

01 Politics is power in action

02 Politics is not always bad if used for betterment of the organization

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03 Political skill can be developed

04 Impression management is also a kind of politics

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