Power refers to the ability to influence others and is used to achieve goals and gain influence. There are different types of power including legitimate power from one's position, reward power to give rewards, coercive power to punish, information power from controlling information, referent power from personality, and expert power from knowledge. Politics involves intentional acts to enhance self-interest and occurs due to limited resources, different goals and unknown outcomes. Political tactics include attacking others, creating a favorable image, and forming alliances. Factors influencing political behavior include individual efficiency and needs as well as organizational competition and pressures. Political games are played at all levels to resist or counter authority, enhance power, and defeat rivals. Managing power and politics requires recognizing their influence

1. Presented by : Sheetal Narkar

2. Power is defined as the capacity of a person, team, or organization to influence others. It is used as a means for achieving goals It is used to gain lateral and upward influence.

4. TYPES OF POWER Legitimate Power : Based on position or formal authority. Reward Power : The power to give pay, raises promotion, praise interesting projects another and rewards to subordinates.

5. Coercive Power : The power to give or withhold punishment such as suspension, termination, or even the withholding of praise and goodwill. Information Power : Power that comes from access to and control over information. TYPES OF POWER

6. Referent Power: Power that arises from one’s personality or physical or other abilities which induce others to believe in and follow that person. Expert Power: Based on knowledge or information value. TYPES OF POWER

7. POLITICS

8. POLITICS Politics is Power in Action. Organizational Politics involves intentional acts of influence to enhance or protect the self interest of individuals or groups.

9. WHY DO WE HAVE POLITICS ??? Different values, ideas, interests and goals Limited resources (money) Outcome is not clearly known X

10. POLITICAL TACTICS Attacking or blaming others Creating favorable image Praising others Forming coalitions with strong allies Association with influential people

11. FACTORS INFLUENCING POLITICAL BEHAVIOUR Individual factors: Inefficiency of the employee High need for power, status, security or autonomy

12. Organizational Factors: Competition Level in organization High performance pressures FACTORS INFLUENCING POLITICAL BEHAVIOUR

13. POLITICAL GAMES Political Games are played in organization by both managers and non - managers They are played at all organizational levels Games are played to : Resist authority (2) Counter the resistance to authority (3) Defeat rivals (Line versus staff game)

14. Authority Games : To resist or to counter – resist formal authority Power based Games : To enhance base of power with superiors, peers and subordinates Rivalry Games : To defeat each other in the quest for power Change Games : To control organizational wrong doings or to seize control over the organization POLITICAL GAMES

16. POSITIVE POLITICAL STRATEGIES Build relationships Social groups Inside the organization Outside the organization Vertically as well as horizontally

17. CONCLUSION MANAGING POWER AND POLITICS Power and Politics exists in every organization Recognize that power and politics influence all behavior in organizations and that it is necessary to develop the skills to be able to understand and manage them. Introduce clear rules Increase opportunity for dialogue