Organizational power is the ability of one actor or stakeholder to over come resistance by other actors and achieve a desired objective or result. According to most researchers, organizational power is the mechanism through which conflict gets resolved, and it can be defined a sthe ability of one person or group to overcome resistance by others to achieve a desired objective or result. THe main sources of power available to managers and subunits are authority, …
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…Then, organizational effectiveness will suffers. Organizations that confers power on those who help it the most can take advantage of the political process to improve the quality of decision making by encourging useful and productive debate about alternatives. The literature on organization theory is full os examples of how everyday organizational life produces "political" forms of behavior. These are found in reports by sociologists who have infiltrated the workplace in the role of participant observers.