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This 6-page paper discusses how internal politics impacts organizational change. Bibliography lists 5 sources.
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listed below. Citation styles constantly change, and these examples may not contain the most recent updates. LEADERSHIP AND ORGANIZATIONAL POLITICS Research Compiled for
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his article entitled "Culture, leadership and power . . ." author Ronald Clement points out that dealing with organizational culture (and organizational politics) is necessary to foment any kind of
solid organizational change. He also explains that leadership and organizational change go hand-in-hand - leadership is necessary both to drive the change and to deal with the culture. But not
just any leader: Clement is adamant that the appropriate leader needs to be able openly communicate and collaborate. After carefully examining change literature
and analyzing change efforts tried by various organizations in various industries, Clement comes to the conclusion that changing the culture to change the organization is too difficult. Instead, the change
agent needs to assess the current culture, and attempt to work through it. The other point he constantly hammers throughout his paper is change is best led by insiders interacting
directly with staff, rather than outside consultants. In other words, the factors of "coordination, commitment and competencies" all need to be internally driven.
Clement also focuses on politics and power as an important part of organizational change. Certainly there is a degree of power in almost any (and every) organizational situation. But it
seems as though when the words "we must change and heres how" comes out, the coalitions and constituents band together to either support or resist the change. Clement points this
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