Power, Politics, and Organizational Change (Hardback) | Released: 06 Mar 2008

"Many books on management are sanitized, cleanly technical accounts of the unreality of managerial life and work. Politics hardly feature. This book tells it like it is; it dishes the dirt, gets low-down, into the funky and fascinating politics of organizational life."-Stewart Clegg, Aston Business School and University of Technology, SydneyPower, Politics, and Organizational Change: Winning the Turf Game, Second Edition combines a practical and theoretical guide to the politics of organizational change, and provides an exceptional resource to students of change management, and organizational behavior.Buchanan and Badham show how the change agent who is not politically skilled will fail, and that it is necessary to be able and willing to intervene in the political processes of the organization.This revised edition includes a range of excellent new material and features, including: A new chapter on gender in approaches to organization politicsA full range of teaching materials including case studies, incident reports, self-assessments, and moreEach chapter recommends a feature film (or DVD) to illustrate aspects of organization politicsFresh research evidenceRecent literature on the nature of entrepreneurial politicsA model of political expertise, and how that can be developed

This lively and accessible book will inform and engage MBA and other graduate degree candidates taking courses in change management, and organizational behavior. It will also be valuable for practicing managers on tailored executive programs in organization politics.David A. Buchanan, Professor of Organizational Behavior, Cranfield University School of ManagementRichard J. Badham, Professor of Management, Macquarie Graduate School of Management, Macquarie University, Sydney

Most managers view organization politics as a routine part of their job, and as an important contributor to career success, as well as to personal and organizational performance. This eagerly anticipated Second Edition has been updated to reflect new research and current perspectives on this integral part of organizational life. Power, Politics, and Organizational Change focuses on the manager acting as internal change agent. The authors emphasize the context in which managers initiate change, how this is achieved, and how actions are accounted for. New material includes a chapter on gender differences in approaches to organization politics, challenging the traditional stereotypes of 'men are bad but bold and women are wonderful but weak', and arguing that women also need to be skilled organization politicians. Comments from management interviews, and suggestions for analyzing films and television programs make ideas come alive for the reader. Self-assessments, organization diagnostics, case studies, and incident analyses at the end of each chapter ask readers to consider their own experiences of organization politics, and to consider their skills as a political entrepreneur. This lively and accessible book will inform and engage MBA and other graduate degree candidates taking courses in change management, organizational behavior, strategy, and human resource management, and will also be valuable for practicing managers on tailored executive programs in organization politics.