Interpersonal politics: Power

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Interpersonal politics Power Sexual Harassment
in Organizations

• LA
• ASB
• Autumn 04

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Interpersonal Power Politics

• Hierarchies
• Authority
• Responsibility
• Power
• Etc.

• -Interpersonal politics
• Organisational power
• Creating a power base
• Building interpersonal networks
• Barriers to informal network
• Overcoming them
• Sexual harassment

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Interpersonal Politics

• Unfortunately, most us have negative attitudes
  toward organizational power and politics what
  is your position?
• One of the defining features of humanity is our
  predilection for creating hierarchies
• Order vs. Disorder?
• We rank and organize events, things, people
• Where does democracy fit in here?

• -Interprsonal politics
• Organisational power
• Creating a power base
• Building interpersonal networks
• Barriers to informal network
• Overcoming them
• Sexual harassment

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Nature of Organisational Power

• Interprsonal politics
• Organisational power
• Creating a power base
• Building interpersonal networks
• Barriers to informal network
• Overcoming them
• Sexual harassment

• Is power negative or positive?
• The Greek Sophists entrepreneurial why?
• How is power exerted?
• Leaders have no influence if followers do not act
  on their suggestions
• Pab Dba
• The power of a over b is equal to dependence that
  b has on a

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Nature of Organisational power

• Interpersonal Politics
• Interpersonal politics
• Organisational power
• Creating a power base
• Building interpersonal networks
• Barriers to informal network
• Overcoming them
• Sexual harassment

• What is politics?
• Politics is actions not officially sanctioned by
  an organization that employees take to
  influence others in order to meet their
  personal goals?
• The Greeks a way to reconcile interests through
  consultation and negotiation
• Aristotle politics is a means of creating order
  out of diversity while avoiding forms of
  totalitarian rule.
• Do you agree?
• Politics is the use of power to negotiate between
  and consolidate competing interests in an
  organization

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Ethics

• Interprsonal politics
• Organisational power
• Creating a power base
• Building interpersonal networks
• Barriers to informal network
• Overcoming them
• Sexual harassment

• Employees should balance self- and organizational
  interests
• What if personal interests outstrip
  organizational interests?
• The ethical employee seeks out counterarguments
  and tests the available evidence, remaining open
  to changing or withdrawing proposals that produce
  little or no organizational benefit.
• Try to maintain a positive, professional
  relationship with your rivals
• Dont allow your success to be based purely on
  political maneuvering. Focus on contest of ideas
• Be fair when arguing privately for your proposal

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The Power Base

• How do you intend to build a power base?
• Impression management
• Conforming to organizational norms, core values,
  decision premises
• Emotional maturity
• Sense of perspective
• Ability to tolerate and accept lifes many
  setbacks without becoming overly frustrated or
  resentful
• Emotionally mature people talk out their stress
  with friends, peers, acquaintances to relieve
  work-related anxiety

• Interprsonal politics
• Organisational power
• Creating a power base
• Building interpersonal networks
• Barriers to informal network
• Overcoming them
• Sexual harassment

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Confidence

• Interprsonal politics
• Organisational power
• Creating a power base
• Building interpersonal networks
• Barriers to informal network
• Overcoming them
• Sexual harassment

• Managers expect a sender to display confidence
  warranted by their competence
• I have completed the task
• Voice
• Baring your soul
• Importance of developing interpersonal linkage
  with powerful others
• A mentor
• A person of like identities
• Problems?

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Interpersonal Networks

• Organisational power
• Creating a power base
• Building interpersonal networks
• Barriers to informal network
• Overcoming them
• Sexual harassment

• Interpersonal networks in organizations is vital
  for personal success and productivity
• Women
• Minorities
• Mobility limit glass ceiling

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What are the barriers to informal networking?

• Interprsonal politics
• Organisational power
• Creating a power base
• Building interpersonal networks
• Barriers to informal network
• Overcoming them
• Sexual harassment

• Is discrimination allowed?
• In compensation
• In terms
• In conditions
• In priviliges of work
• What is the situation in the world? In this
  country?
• Despite their advances into management ranks in
  the last 15 years, negative stereotypes of women
  and minorities persist in some organisations and
  industries.Have you come across these phenomena?

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Four pieces of advice for overcoming barriers to
networking

• Interprsonal politics
• Organisational power
• Creating a power base
• Building interpersonal networks
• Barriers to informal network
• Overcoming them
• Sexual harassment

• Pursue close, stable network contacts with
  similar individuals
• 2. Seek out nonminority managers who
  demonstrate a desire to advance women and
  minorities
• Minority employees must counter the stereotypes
  about their competence. Express and demonstrate
  the desire for advancement.
• Almost all supervisors are forced to distinguish
  between those subordinates who demonstrate higher
  commitment, trustworthiness, and competence than
  others
• 5. The in-group of employees a select
  association of protégés or a clique of the
  superiors most trusted employees.

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What is sexual harassment?

• Interprsonal politics
• Organisational power
• Creating a power base
• Building interpersonal networks
• Barriers to informal network
• Overcoming them
• Sexual harassment

• A gross imbalace of power
• Verbal commentaries
• Do you know where your limits are or do you get
  shocked?
• How do you tackle attempts at sexual harassment?
• Would you expect the company you work for to have
  rules of conduct? Dress codes? Etc.

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Forms of s. h.

• Interprsonal politics
• Organisational power
• Creating a power base
• Building interpersonal networks
• Barriers to informal network
• Overcoming them
• Sexual harassment

• S.h. is the result of gender discrimination and
  the abuse of organizational power
• Commentary
• Verbal negotiation
• Physical manhandling
• Physical assault
• Creation of a hostile work environment

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Informal strategies to prevent s.h.

• Interprsonal politics
• Organisational power
• Creating a power base
• Building interpersonal networks
• Barriers to informal network
• Overcoming them
• Sexual harassment

1. The face-saving strategies
2. Reduce the possibility of retaliation may not
   be strong enough
3. Three goals stopping the h., maintain
   employment, manage ones own psychological and
   emotional well-being
4. The non-face-saving strategies carefully weigh
   advantages and disadvantages.
5. But dont put up with it!

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• Interpersonal Politics
• Interprsonal politics
• Organisational power
• Creating a power base
• Building interpersonal networks
• Barriers to informal network
• Overcoming them
• Sexual harassment

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• Interpersonal Politics
• Interprsonal politics
• Organisational power
• Creating a power base
• Building interpersonal networks
• Barriers to informal network
• Overcoming them
• Sexual harassment

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• Interpersonal Politics
• Interprsonal politics
• Organisational power
• Creating a power base
• Building interpersonal networks
• Barriers to informal network
• Overcoming them
• Sexual harassment

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• Interpersonal Politics
• Interprsonal politics
• Organisational power
• Creating a power base
• Building interpersonal networks
• Barriers to informal network
• Overcoming them
• Sexual harassment

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