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Reading 4 - The politics of business and managment - Coggle Diagram
Reading 4 - The politics of business and managment
Understnading the political context
societal perspective - looking at political context existing in the world - in a country or city
orgnsiational perspective - politcal context existing inside organisation
politcal game - power relations and how to regulate them -
interpersonal snd into-organisational practice - understood as politcal game - different actors take part in formal/informal coalitions
Analysing the politcal context
different definitions of political analysis
disaggregatating the key players of specific political context
identifying how influence progress towards goals
developing strategies s to interact with them to advance your goals
stakeholder analysis
any group that has interest in achievement of objectives
not only with share holdrrs but with all that have interest in business of org - can be internal and external
main purpose - identify main ones and interests- clarify view of org - key strategic issues and process of identifying coalitions of support and interest
dynamic - can evolve over time + change according to events + can make coalitions or conflict between themsevles
different criteria for analysis - power against level of interest
high power and high interest - high priority and care/ attention to relationship
high power and low interest - critical - managed careful to keep interest
low power and high interest - kept informed - important resource
low power and low interest - monitored to see if attitude changes over time
managing the political content
to ensure long term success - need political astuteness
deploying political skills in situations involving diverse and competing interests and stakeholders - to create sufficient alignments of interests in order to achieve outcomes - scanning environment - managing relationships and envisaging scenarios to mobilise actors and energies existing in orgs
personal skills
interpersonal skills - influence thinking and behaviour of others + being able to negotiate - stand up to pressures from people + handle conflict
reading people + situations - ianterpresting dynamics among stakeholders - different interest and agendas - to understand what is/might happen + understanding power dynamics between stakeholders + individuals
building alignment and aliances - appreciation of context, players and objectives of stakeholders - forge into collaborative action - even when difference in outlook
strategic direction and scanning - thinking long term and having a road map of the hourney - thinking about long term issues in environment - my have impact on org - analytical - think through scenarios of possible factors - opps and threats