HE challenges faced by strategic leaders in implementing complex and longrange consequential decisions demand that they be sophisticated with respect to issues of leadership, power and influence, The changes that are shaping the nature of work in today' s complex organizations require that we develop the political will, expertise and personal skills to become more flexible, innovative and adaptive, Without political awareness and skill, we face the inevitable prospect of becoming immersed in bureaucratic infighting, parochial. (narrow minded) politics and destructive power struggles, which greatly retard organizational initiative, innovation, morale and performance Making organizations more innovative, responsive and responsible requires focusing on a number of leadership, power and influence issues The issues influence developing teams at the strategic ~evel, as well as managing organizational processes linked to values and ethics, organizational culture, visioning and the management of change, AS A MOTIVE
Power is attractive because i confers the ability to influenct decisions, about who gets whal resources, what goals are pur, sued, what philosophy th\ organization adopts what actions are taken and who suc· ceeds and who fails
Advantages of power in organization
Power also gives a sense of control over Photo one-power and organization '. 1'he concept of organizational politics can be defined as who gets what, when and how. If power involves the employment of stored influence by which events, actions and behaviors are affected, and then politics involves the exercise of power to get something done, as well as to enhance and protect the vested interests of individuals or groups. Thus, the use of organizational politics suggests that political activity is used to overcome resistance and implies
;a conscious effort to organize activity to challenge opposition in a priority decision situation. The preceding discussion indicates that the concepts of power and organizatiOnal politics are related. We define organizationaoutcomes, and enhanced control. Particularly as decision issues become more com, plex and outcomes become more uncertain,
Power becomes more attractive as a tool for reducing uncertainty.
Power and the ability to use it are essential to effective leadership.
The critical issue is why the leader politics as the use of power, with power. viewed as a source of potential energy to manage relation . shipspower as a tool to enhance their abili· ty to facilitate the work of their organizations and groups, Others value power for its own sake, and exercise power for the personal satisfaction it brings. There can be good and bad in both
Power is attractive because i confers the ability to influenct decisions, about who gets whal resources, what goals are pur, sued, what philosophy th\ organization adopts what actions are taken and who suc· ceeds and who fails
Advantages of power in organization
Power also gives a sense of control over Photo one-power and organization '. 1'he concept of organizational politics can be defined as who gets what, when and how. If power involves the employment of stored influence by which events, actions and behaviors are affected, and then politics involves the exercise of power to get something done, as well as to enhance and protect the vested interests of individuals or groups. Thus, the use of organizational politics suggests that political activity is used to overcome resistance and implies
;a conscious effort to organize activity to challenge opposition in a priority decision situation. The preceding discussion indicates that the concepts of power and organizatiOnal politics are related. We define organizationaoutcomes, and enhanced control. Particularly as decision issues become more com, plex and outcomes become more uncertain,
Power becomes more attractive as a tool for reducing uncertainty.
Power and the ability to use it are essential to effective leadership.
The critical issue is why the leader politics as the use of power, with power. viewed as a source of potential energy to manage relation . shipspower as a tool to enhance their abili· ty to facilitate the work of their organizations and groups, Others value power for its own sake, and exercise power for the personal satisfaction it brings. There can be good and bad in both
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