Politics of Organizational Change

<p>Politics 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 conform—sense-giving and sense-making nexus—thus moderating the degree of change initiatives. </p><p>The 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-interest power and control inherent within organizational change and discusses the attendant implications for managing change. It will be of value to those who require a text that goes beyond set patterns of coverage found in textbooks dealing with managing change.</p>