Power in Organizations

ability action administrative analysis argued argument assess become behavior beliefs budget centralization Chapter chief executive choice coalition commitment committees conflict consensus context contingencies theory corporate correlation critical cumulative voting decision process distribution effects environment faculty finance firm formal function garbage can model goals important individual influence inside directors institutionalization interests involved issues legitimate less ment norms operations organiza organization's organizational behavior organizational decision organizational participants organizational politics performance person personnel perspective Pfeffer and Salancik political activity political language position power and politics power in organizations predict preferences president problems profit maximization programs rational relationship relatively resource allocations role ROTC scarcity shared situation skills social actors strategies structure subunits success symbolic task theory tion tional uncertainty United Fund University various Wall Street Journal