Politics of Organizational Change

Taylor & Francis

The Politics of Organizational ChangeAuthor(s): Robert Price\nFormat: Paperback\nPublisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd, United Kingdom\nImprint: Routledge\nISBN-13: 9781032241210, 978-1032241210\nSynopsis\nPolitics is an aspect of everyday life within organizations, and is a force that inhibits individual and collective behaviour. If not fully understood, it can impede organizational change and development. In order to minimise the political aspects of organizational dynamics there is a need to understand the extent to which organizational culture brings about politicised conformance and how individuals shape their behaviour through self-interest to conformsense-giving and sense-making nexusthus moderating the degree of change initiatives. \n\nThe Politics of Organizational Change explores the relationship between self-interest, power, politics and managing organizational change from a theoretical perspective. It encourages the fundamental questioning of the relationship between self-i.