The Illegitimacy of Politics

David Butcher and Martin Clarke

Chapter Chapter 2 in Smart Management, 2008, pp 25-49 from Palgrave Macmillan

Abstract: Abstract This chapter will explore in more detail why politics is such a dominant organisational feature. We will begin by exploring the different mindsets that managers form about the world in which they work. These make an important contribution to the way managers interpret their organisational roles, and our purpose, of course, will be to highlight the significance of the political mindset. We will show how this both fits and jars with the ‘official’ mindset — that of rational hierarchy.

Keywords: Political Action; Human Resource Management; Business Unit; Competency Framework; Corporate Unity (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2008
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DOI: 10.1057/9780230584112_2

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