Power and Politics from Varied Perspectives in Policy Formation-An Observation
Author : HS Parashiva
Abstract :
One who wish to study politics or understand the power and politics related issues as what is politics, what is the structure of politics and also its structure should understand the significance of institutions, ideologies, diplomacy, government, strategy of government, and the like. Power and politics are the perspective aspects of organizational life, impacting decision-making, resource allocation, and interpersonal relationships. Power refers to the ability to influence others, while politics refers to the use of power to achieve personal or organizational goals. Both power and politics can have positive and negative effects on organizational outcomes. Power can also be acquired through expertise, relationships, and social influence. Power is responsible for ensuring employees commitment and compliances in the organization. It aids in avoiding resistance among employees ensuring they coexist in harmony that leads to increase productivity. Public policy is one of the main products of politics which includes all the decisions of governments make to influence behavior. The three powers of the government like legislative, the executive and the judiciary will have a control over the actions between employees and employer in an organization. We may say that the legislative makes the law, the executive implements the law made by the legislative and the judiciary upholds the made by the legislative and implemented by the executive which helps for smooth functioning of the government.
Keywords :
Power and politics, organizational life, in harmony, executive, judiciary, etc.
