Change Management

MBA 6113Unit 5The Politics of Change

Organizational Politics

• Need for political skills among change agents

• Wide-reaching change intensifies political behavior

• Implementation of change requires some level of influence and power

What is Power• Influences whom has access to resources

• Ability to carry out one’s own will

• Ability to influence the will and/or actions of others

• Ability to influence outcomes

Sources of Power• Positional (legitimate) power• Expert Power• Referent Power• Reward Power• Coercive Power• Physical Power

Effectiveness of Leader Power

Strategies and Skill Sets for Managing Organizational Politics