Smart Management: Using Politics in Organisations

by David Butcher, Martin Clarke, M Clarke

Book Overview

Politics play a central role in all organisations but to this point they have largely been seen as a negative force. Butcher and Clarke expose this as a misunderstanding and show how political behaviour is entirely endemic to managerial activity and how understanding and managing it can have extremely powerful positive effects. They provide an approach to managing politics by balancing personal and organisational interests and show how the centrality...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1349426857
• ISBN13: 9781349426850
• Release Date: January 2001
• Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan
• Length: 163 Pages
• Weight: 0.56 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 6.1" x 9.2"