Overview

Politics is an aspect of everyday life within organizations, and is a force that inhibits individual and collective behaviour. If not fully understood, it can impede organizational change and development. In order to minimise the political aspects of organizational dynamics there is a need to understand the extent to which organizational culture brings about politicised conformance and how individuals shape their behaviour through self-interest to conform—sense-giving and sense-making nexus—thus moderating the degree of change initiatives. The Politics of Organizational Change explores the relationship between self-interest, power, politics and managing organizational change from a theoretical perspective. It encourages the fundamental questioning of the relationship between self-interest, power and control inherent within organizational change, and discusses the attendant implications for managing change. It will be of value to those who require a text that goes beyond set patterns of coverage found in textbooks dealing with managing change.

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Author:   Robert Price
Publisher:   Taylor & Francis Ltd
Imprint:   Routledge
Weight:   0.100kg
ISBN:  

9781138605794

ISBN 10:   1138605794
Pages:   68
Publication Date:   14 May 2019
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Tertiary & Higher Education
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print  
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Table of Contents

"Acknowledgements Preface Introduction 1. Self-Interest And Political Behaviour The root of self-interest Locus of power Politicised behaviour within organizations Maintaining position through political behaviour 2. Political Narratives Of Change Organizational change narratives Individual narratives Mutually assured delusion Moving into the ""white space"" 3. Illusion of Control Power through politics: organizational and individual The politics of resistance Who controls and shapes change? Political reorientation of psychological contracts 4. Implications For Managing Change Realpolitik of change The illusion of control Politics, power and conflict Rational emotional response to change 5. Managing The Political And Power Dynamic Of Change Managing the unmanageable The antitheses of political behaviour From rhetoric to action: Shaping organizational political dynamics through polyarchic orientation Index"

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Robert Price is Senior Lecturer in Organizational Change Management and Leadership at Suffolk Business School, University of Suffolk (UK), and is Chair of the Organizational Studies Track, British Academy of Management.

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