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Politics of Business and Management (Political Context (Political Game…
Politics of Business and Management
Political Context
Societal Perspective
ie Governments
Organisational Perspective
inside an organisation
Political Game
Concrete mechanism where power relations are strucutred and regulated
Different actors participate in formal and informal coalitions
Analysis of political context
Disaggregating key players
Identify how they influence progress towards ones goals
Developing strategies to interact with them to advance your goals
Yaffee & Chadwick (2004)
Stakeholder Analysis
Group / individual who can affect is affected by the achievement of an organisations objectives
Identify relevant stakeholders
Clarify interests
clarify views of organisation
Identify key strategic issues
Identify coalitions of support and interest
Bryson (2004)
Johnson et al (2008) Matrix
Managing the political context
Personal Skills
Interpersonal Skills
Reading people and situations
Building alignment and alliances
Strategic direction and scanning
Long term thinking / consideration of long term issues that may impact the organisation / scenarios of possible futures / Analysing and managing uncertainty
Appreciation of context, players and objectives. Work with differences and conflict / Creating consensus amongst shared objectives
Analysing dynamics of stakeholders / recognising different interests and agendas / understanding power dynamics
Influence the thinking and behaviour of others / ability to negotiate / handle conflict to achieve constructive outcomes
Self awareness of motives and behaviours / listen to others / proactive disposition
Hartley and Fletcher, 2008)
