TO WHAT EXTENT MUST A MANAGER HAVE UNDERSTANDING OF ISSUES RELATED TO POWER,CONFLICT AND ORGANNISATIONAL POLITICS?

Organisational behaviour : Power , conflict and organisational politics

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Introduction

It is important for the management of an organisation to realise that organisations are social structures where human beings work . By accepting and understanding this fact we should also be able to appreciate the fact that the various activities that happen at home and other institutions that are not business oriented are prone to happen in the organisation as well . Such activities include gossiping , need for power , trying to get recognition from others

, wanting to win trust of other people among others

These major social issues that arise in the organisation need to be looked at well because they have various levels of effects to the organisation where individuals are working . Therefore this research focus on some of the three major issues of power , conflict and organisational politics and how they can influence the performance of an organisation for the benefit of the management of an organisation

Power , conflict and organisational politics

A manager in any organisation needs to understand well , the various issues that relate to how human beings behave in any organisation so as to improve on the way that he will handle people in the organisation in to achieve a high level of effectiveness and efficiency in leadership . Such issues are based on power , conflict of interests and politics within an organisation that tend to influence how the activities of an organisation will be carried out . Being aware of the existence...