The Bright Side of the Dark Side : Covert Politics as an Alternative to the Negative Impacts of Coercive Change

• Autorzy: Miguel Ek Lopes , Nelson Campos Ramalho

Warianty tytułu

Jasna strona ciemnej strony : potajemna polityka jako alternatywa dla negatywnych skutków przymusowej zmiany

• Języki publikacji: EN

Abstrakty

EN

This study examines practitioners as individual actors by focusing on a general manager's individual account. With a two-week episode of political maneuvering as a starting point, the case shows how skilful strategizing on the part of the general manager is at the origin of significant organizational change. Specifically, the paper has three purposes. First, to offer insights to practitioners and scholars regarding how powerful managers purposefully seek to influence organizational context in a non-disclosed fashion. Second, to illustrate how single case microstudies open a route to understanding events that would otherwise be unattainable. The third, and most important, is to apply organizational politics concepts to characterize managerial covert political action in the implementation of a deliberate strategy. Specifically, emphasis is put on how contextual characteristics relate to political action. How they constrain and enable politics, and facilitate the use and maintenance of concealed motives. (original abstract)

Niniejsza praca bada praktyków jako indywidualnych aktorów, skupiając się na opisie dyrektora generalnego. Opierając się na dwutygodniowym epizodzie manewrów związanych z polityką, pokazujemy, w jaki sposób umiejętne planowanie strategii przez dyrektora generalnego stoi u podstaw istotnej zmiany organizacyjnej. Artykuł ma w szczególności trzy cele. Po pierwsze, ma on dostarczyć wnioski dla praktyków i akademików dotyczące tego, jak menedżerowie w sposób nieujawniony celowo dążą do wywierania wpływu na kontekst organizacyjny. Po drugie, artykuł ma zilustrować, w jaki sposób pojedyncze studia przypadku w skali mikro pozwalają zrozumieć zdarzenia, które w innym wypadku byłyby nieuchwytne. Trzecim i najważniejszym celem jest zastosowanie koncepcji polityki organizacyjnej do scharakteryzowania utajnionych działań menedżerskich wynikających z prowadzonej polityki w realizacji przemyślanej strategii. Uwagę zwrócono przede wszystkim na to, w jaki sposób cechy kontekstu odnoszą się do działań wynikających z polityki. Zbadano, w jaki sposób kontekst ogranicza, a zarazem umożliwia politykę, a także jak ułatwia stosowanie i utrzymanie ukrytych motywów. (abstrakt oryginalny)

Słowa kluczowe

EN

Family-owned business; Politics; Managerial staff; Strategic planning

PL

Przedsiębiorstwo rodzinne; Polityka; Kadra kierownicza; Planowanie strategiczne

• Czasopismo: Zarządzanie Zasobami Ludzkimi
• Rocznik: 2011
• Numer: nr 6
• Strony: 67--82

Twórcy

autor

Miguel Ek Lopes

• ISCTE Business School- University Institute of Lisbon, Portugal

autor

Nelson Campos Ramalho

• ISCTE Business School- University Institute of Lisbon, Portugal

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