... in varying organisational cultures with reference to my own personal experience. Definitions In order to avoid meaningless semantic argument one first has to understand what is meant by 'management' and 'political process'. Therefore we shall first take a look at the definitions of these terms. The Concise English Dictionary (1984) includes the definition of politics as 'prudent and sagacious as well as crafty, scheming and artful'. This implies politics as having both well meaning characteristics in addition to another more sinister side. Political processes tend to take place in democracies where no single body has absolute power. To determine the best way forward groups of individuals with differing views compete to have their ideas adopted as policy. The political process consists of constructive debate and argument between these groups followed by some form of voting system to identify which view has the majority support. During this process it is inevitable that other forms ...

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