informal coalitions

The positive potential of organizational politics

An article in the Sunday Times of 21 October echoes the growing recognition of the need for managers to add effective political skills to their repertoire. The following extract gives a flavour of the argument:

All organizational models are 'wrong'

Following Paula Thornton's comment on an earlier post about management models, I thought I would add a few more comments on how the use of such models and frameworks can be reconciled with the informal coalitions view that change happens through the complex interplay of everyday conversations and interactions.