Exam 12: Power and Politics

People who are really devious will engage in political self-protection by using the redirecting techniques of: blaming the problem on someone or some group who has difficulty engaging in self-defense; blaming the problem on uncontrollable events; or escalating commitment to a losing course of action.

The effective manager is one who succeeds in building and maintaining high levels of both position power and personal power over time.

Under which of the following conditions does the resource dependence of an organization increase?

__________,or formal authority,is the extent to which a manager can use subordinates' internalized values or beliefs that the "boss" has a "right of command" to control their behavior.

The foundation for power rests in interdependence.

Power-oriented behavior is action directed primarily at developing or using relationships in which other people are to some degree willing to defer to one's wishes.

__________ reflects the notion that managers are "agents" of company owners.

__________ is a political self-protection approach of redirecting responsibility by blaming the problem on someone or some group that has difficulty engaging in self-defense.

__________ is the formal right conferred by the firm to speak as a representative for a potentially important group composed of individuals across departments or outside the firm.

When a person controls another's behavior by convincing him or her of the desirability of a goal and a reasonable way of achieving it,__________ is being used.

In building on the Machiavellian tradition,managers are often considered __________ when they seek their own goals or use means that are not currently authorized by the organization or that push legal limits.

By defining a problem in a manner that fits the manager's expertise,it is natural for that manager to be in charge of solving it,which in turn subtly shifts his or her position power.

In the context of political action and subunit power,__________ linkages involve organizational units that have the right to evaluate the actions of others after action has been taken.

Which type of power is being used by an investor relations manager who is responsible for anticipating the questions of investors and guiding the types of responses that senior management makes?

The second tradition of organizational politics involves the use of power to develop socially acceptable ends and means that balance individual and collective interests.

In today's modern organization the base for power and politics rests on a system of authority.Which of the following statements about legitimacy regarding power is inaccurate?

Which one of the following statements about subunit power is accurate?

__________ refers to the pattern of authority,influence,and acceptable managerial behavior established at the top of the organization.

Representative power is based upon access to and/or control of information.

One tradition in the analysis of organizational politics treats it as a necessary function resulting from differences in the self-interests of individuals.Which one of the following statements about this tradition is NOT accurate?