Politics at Work

Why does work become

"Political game":

When the office isn't just a workplace, it's a simulated battlefield.

Many people may have wondered why obstruction, obsession, or slander at work are labeled "corporate politics," even though in a typical dictionary, politics should mean national or government.

The short answer is

Because

"Where there are powers and benefits.

There's politics there. "

1. War usurps limited resources

In political science, politics is the art of allocating limited resources to people with unlimited needs. In an organization, too, the position of executive chair has one, the budget has one, or even the goodness of the head has a limit. When a single "portfolio" cannot guarantee who will possess those resources, politicians behave to destroy their competitors and usurp their standing space for themselves.

2. Dark power and the network of lines

Every organization has a formal Structure that tells who is bigger than who, but in practice, there is always a hidden "Informal Power," comparable to the "influential" in politics. The so-called corporate politics is the use of lines, the creation of partisans, or the approach of authority to pressure opponents, which is the use of informal power to decide the loss rather than the fabric of the work.

3. Survival of the Fittest

In the political field, destroying opponents is often done to "survive" or maintain a sound base. In the workplace, there is no difference. Chair-leg sawing or intercepting good people is often caused by fear of losing their status or importance. Eliminating political enemies is a defensive strategy to prevent the other from replacing them.

4. Impression Managemental

Politicians are good at creating images and using words to make themselves look good and their opponents look bad. In organizations, we see "claims" or "blaming culture," which is the same technique as campaigning and attacking political competitors to distort reality to their own side as much as possible.

Conclusion

We call destructive behavior "politics" because it is to turn a battlefield that is supposed to be a matter of "reason and works" into a matter of "power and interest."

As long as humans have to work together under a hierarchical structure and a need for progress, "corporate politics" is like a shadow that cannot be shaken. The important thing is not to run away, but to learn to read the game to protect yourself and maintain authenticity in the world of work.