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Power
Anup K Singh, PhD
The Ignored Leadership Field
Leadership is About
 Diagnosing the problem effectively
 Making decision
 Implementing decision
 Living with consequences and going
past them
Implementing Decision is Difficult
Because
 Leaders are interdependent
 Leaders face diversity of views and
personalities
 Leaders do not have all power to
implement their solutions
 There are always limited resources
 Business reality is dynamic
 People also look for the gratification of
their self-interest
Towards Power, Some Managers
Have
 Ambivalence
 Naivety
 Cynicism
 Helplessness
 Conflict avoidance tendency
Incidence of Power and
Politics
 Top management – highest
 Middle management – moderate
 Lower management – low
 Sales and marketing – high
 Board – high
 R&D – low
 F&A - low
Influence
 The process of changing the behaviour
of A by B in the desired direction
Power
 The ability of A to influence the
behaviour of B
Politics
 Interaction among different players
wielding the power and pursuing their
goals and interests
Ethics
Consideration of right and wrong, public
and private good, fair and foul, truth and
deception
Power, Ethics and Politics (PEP)
The use of influence by leaders to
execute decisions and understanding of
underlying organisational dynamics while
maintaining high ethical standards
Metaphor
All the world's a stage, And
all the men and women
merely players; They have
their exits and their
entrances
Going Beyond Metaphor
 It means that the ideas are
presented not as metaphors useful
for descriptions but also for
explanation, prediction and norm
setting
Network
Political System
 Interests and rights
 Power
 Hidden agendas
and back room
deals
 Authority
 Alliances
 Party-line
 Censorship
 Gatekeepers
 Leaders
 Conflict
management
Prison
Psychic Prisons
 Conscious &
unconscious
processes
 Repression &
regression
 Ego
 Denial
 Projection, coping
& defence
mechanisms
 Pain & pleasure
principle
 Dysfunction
 Workaholics
Instruments of Domination
 Alienation
 Repression
 Imposing values
 Compliance
 Charisma
 Maintenance of
power
 Force
 Exploitation
 Divide and rule
 Discrimination
 Corporate interest
Values
Cliques
Commitment
Roles
StructurePolicies
Conflicting Interests
Systems
Beliefs
Self-Interest
Emotions
Team Spirit
Targets
Attitudes
FORMAL
INFORMAL
Two Models Of Organisational Life
ORGANI SATI ONAL
CHARACTERI STI CS
RATI ONAL MODEL POLI TI CAL MODEL
GOALS CONSISTENT ALONG
MEMBERS
PLURALISTIC,
INCONSISTENT
POWER &
CONTROL
CENTRALIZED COALITION AND
INTEREST GROUPS
DECI SI ON MAKI NG LOGICAL, RATIONAL PULL & PUSH,
BARGAINING
RULES AND NORMS NORMS OF
OPTIMIZATION
CONFLICTING
I DEOLOGY EFFICIENCY,
EFFECTIVENESS
STRUGGLE,
WINNERS AND
LOSER

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Power, ethics and politics

  • 1. Power Anup K Singh, PhD The Ignored Leadership Field
  • 2. Leadership is About  Diagnosing the problem effectively  Making decision  Implementing decision  Living with consequences and going past them
  • 3. Implementing Decision is Difficult Because  Leaders are interdependent  Leaders face diversity of views and personalities  Leaders do not have all power to implement their solutions  There are always limited resources  Business reality is dynamic  People also look for the gratification of their self-interest
  • 4. Towards Power, Some Managers Have  Ambivalence  Naivety  Cynicism  Helplessness  Conflict avoidance tendency
  • 5. Incidence of Power and Politics  Top management – highest  Middle management – moderate  Lower management – low  Sales and marketing – high  Board – high  R&D – low  F&A - low
  • 6. Influence  The process of changing the behaviour of A by B in the desired direction
  • 7. Power  The ability of A to influence the behaviour of B
  • 8. Politics  Interaction among different players wielding the power and pursuing their goals and interests
  • 9. Ethics Consideration of right and wrong, public and private good, fair and foul, truth and deception
  • 10. Power, Ethics and Politics (PEP) The use of influence by leaders to execute decisions and understanding of underlying organisational dynamics while maintaining high ethical standards
  • 11. Metaphor All the world's a stage, And all the men and women merely players; They have their exits and their entrances
  • 12. Going Beyond Metaphor  It means that the ideas are presented not as metaphors useful for descriptions but also for explanation, prediction and norm setting
  • 14. Political System  Interests and rights  Power  Hidden agendas and back room deals  Authority  Alliances  Party-line  Censorship  Gatekeepers  Leaders  Conflict management
  • 16. Psychic Prisons  Conscious & unconscious processes  Repression & regression  Ego  Denial  Projection, coping & defence mechanisms  Pain & pleasure principle  Dysfunction  Workaholics
  • 17. Instruments of Domination  Alienation  Repression  Imposing values  Compliance  Charisma  Maintenance of power  Force  Exploitation  Divide and rule  Discrimination  Corporate interest
  • 19. Two Models Of Organisational Life ORGANI SATI ONAL CHARACTERI STI CS RATI ONAL MODEL POLI TI CAL MODEL GOALS CONSISTENT ALONG MEMBERS PLURALISTIC, INCONSISTENT POWER & CONTROL CENTRALIZED COALITION AND INTEREST GROUPS DECI SI ON MAKI NG LOGICAL, RATIONAL PULL & PUSH, BARGAINING RULES AND NORMS NORMS OF OPTIMIZATION CONFLICTING I DEOLOGY EFFICIENCY, EFFECTIVENESS STRUGGLE, WINNERS AND LOSER