A Political Approach to Organizations: A Review and Rationale

In ignoring the implications of systems thinking at the intra-organizational level of analysis, organizational literature has obscured the fact that organizational behavior (OB) occurs as a result of subunit dynamics within the organization. Several assumptions are basic to a political approach to OB. Organizational development literature is discussed from a political perspective.

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