The notions of Politics & Change - a discussion agenda

The following discussion agenda is on Politics and Change in Organizational Behaviour study:

1. On competition
• The positive features
• The pre-conditions for productive competition
• Competition for power
2. On organizational conflicts
• The symptons of organizational conflicts
• The causes of organizational conflicts
3. The tactics of conflict
• information control
• information distortion
• rules and regulation
• networks
• control of rewards
4. Strategies for managing conflict
• From conflict to competition
• Control of conflict
5. Channelling change
• Overarching goals
• A climate of experiment
• Sharing and privacy
• Implementing
6. Managerial implications

Reference

• Handy, C. (1993) "Chapter 10: On Politics and Change" Understanding Organizations, Pengiun Books