Acknowledgements
Preface
Introduction
1. Self-Interest And Political Behaviour
The root of self-interest
Locus of power
Politicised behaviour within organizations
Maintaining position through political behaviour
2. Political Narratives Of Change
Organizational change narratives
Individual narratives
Mutually assured delusion
Moving into the "white space"
3. Illusion of Control
Power through politics: organizational and individual
The politics of resistance
Who controls and shapes change?
Political reorientation of psychological contracts
4. Implications For Managing Change
Realpolitik of change
The illusion of control
Politics, power and conflict
Rational emotional response to change
5. Managing The Political And Power Dynamic Of Change
Managing the unmanageable
The antitheses of political behaviour
From rhetoric to action: Shaping organizational political dynamics through polyarchic orientation
Index
Biography
Robert Price is Senior Lecturer in Organizational Change Management and Leadership at Suffolk Business School, University of Suffolk (UK), and is Chair of the Organizational Studies Track, British Academy of Management.
