Smart Management, Second Edition Book

List of Figures and Tables     vii
Acknowledgements     viii
Preface     ix
List of Abbreviations     xii
Organisational Politics     1
All Change!     5
Some of the Significant Drivers of Business Change     5
The Nature of the Problem     10
Politics is a Dirty Word     13
A Powerful Alternative     18
In Conclusion     22
The Illegitimacy of Politics     25
Managerial Mindsets     26
Hierarchy and Top-down Control     32
The Illegitimacy of Politics     35
The Unrealised Value of Politics     45
Legitimate Politics     50
The Problem of Power     51
Politics as the Application of Power     67
Managers as Capable Politicians     78
The Capable Politician     80
Conceptual Understanding     81
Self-understanding     88
Awareness     90
Interpersonal Skills     94
A Model of Political Capability     98
Personal Development Implications     103
Working with Legitimate Politics     105
Understanding What Managers Do     106
So Why Do Managers Do What They Do?     109
Activity Patterns of Constructive Politicians     114
The Complete Constructive Politician     142
In Conclusion     148
Politics - The Essence of Organisation?     149
The Democratisation of Organisational Life     151
Education and Political Behaviour     158
Individual Action, Politics and the Art of the Possible     162
The Beginnings of an Agenda for Personal Action     165
Index     169