Organizational Power Politics: Tactics in Organizational Leadership 2nd Edition, Hardcover Book, By: Gilbert W. Fairholm

This updated edition of the award-winning volume is a contemporary guidebook for understanding and using personal power in organizational settings of all kinds. Includes 22 demonstrations of effective power tactics for daily use at work, home, or in recreational situations. Offers 20 descriptive tables summarizing and clarifying survey results. Two diagrams display models of the power-use process, offering visual confirmation of the interrelationships of critical elements of power use. Provides a full bibliography for further study of the use of personal power in organizational settings. An extensive and helpful index offers access to all critical elements of power theory and practice allowing the reader easy reference About the Author Gilbert W. Fairholm is emeritus professor of leadership at Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA.