Organization Power and Politics That Causes Conflict

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, control over resources and information, nonsubstitutability, control over uncertainty, unobstrusive power and centrality.
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