This document discusses organizational influence, power, and politics. It defines social influence, power, and organizational politics. It discusses the ethics of behaving politically and criteria for ethical decision making. It also discusses good versus bad politics, bases of power, and the evolution of power from domination to delegation. Additionally, it covers organization politics, political tactics, and techniques to limit political behavior. It discusses the ethical implications of organizational politics and forces that shape managerial ethics. Finally, it discusses employee responses to organizational politics and includes a case study.

1. Presentation By:-
Pawan Singh Raikhola

2. Organizational Influence, Power, &
Politics
 Social Influence refers to attempts (whether successful or
unsuccessful) to affect in a desired fashion.
 Power refers to the potential to influence another.
 Organizational Politics refers to uses of power that
enhance or protect one’s own or one’s group’s personal
interest.

3. Ethics of behaving politically
 Wrong to do right
 No clear cut ways to differentiate ethical from
unethical politicking.
 Often difficult to weigh the cost & benefit of political
action- need to consider equity and fairness.
 Powerful people can persuasively argue that unfair
actions are really fair & just, or in the best interest of
the organization.

4. Ethical decision criteria
 Personal liberty framework
 Distribution Justice Framework
 Utilitarianism(Greater Good)- Creating good
for greater no. of people.

6. Forces that shape
managerial Ethics

7. Good Politics & bad Politics
 Try to empower citizens.
 Improves system & institution.
 Always try to find out permanent
solutions of the problems.
 Believes in unity is strength.
 Promotes logic & scientific temper.
 Respect in love and respect for all
people.
 Try to empower politicians.
 Try to concentrate power in
individuals & criticize individuals
for problems.
 Try to deviate attention from the
real problems.
 Believes in divide & rule.
 Promotes in blind faith and
superstitions.
 Believes in creating hatred among
people on the basis of above
difference.

8. Organizational Power
 Power can be used to manipulate & corrupt.
Power
 Is a person’s ability to influence others to do
something that they would not do otherwise.
Properly used, it gives the ability to achieve goals.
Power provides strength to bring about change.
Skill in using power effectively & appropriately can be
developed.

9. Sexual Harassment and power
 Harasser stereotypes the victim as subservient &
powerless.
 Harasser threatens job security or safety through
coercive.
 Hostile work Environment harassment continues
when the victim lacks power to stop the behaviour.

10. Bases of Power Continued…
Position Power
 Comes from top
management.
 Is delegated down the
chain of command.
Personal Power
 Comes from your
personal style &
interpersonal skills.
 Is given to you from
those who choose to
follow you.

11. The Evolution of Power: From
Domination to Delegation

12. Organization Politics
 “Organization politics involves those activities by organizations to acquire, develop,
& use power & other resources to obtain one’s preferred outcomes in a situation in
which there is uncertainty.”
 It is informal or unofficial scenes efforts to sell ideas, influence an organization,
increase power, or achieve other targeted objectives.
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Political Tactics
 Controlling access to information
 Cultivating a favorable impression
 Development a base of support
 Blaming & attacking others
 Aligning oneself with more powerful other

13. Continued…
Playing Political Games in Organization
 Authority games
 Power base games
 Rivalry games
 Change games
Some Technique to Limit Political Behavior
 Clarify Job Expectation
 Open the Communication process
 Be a Good Role Model

14. Continued…
The Ethical Implication of Organizational Politics
Managerial values exist the undermine integrity, such
as:-
 Bottom-line mentality- a focus on short-term profit
maximization
 Exploitative mentality- selfishly using others for one’s
advantage
 Madison avenue mentality- convincing others that one’s
unethical action are actually moral

15. Employee response to organization
politics

16. Case study