This assignment seeks to help you understand the answer to a broader concern and that is, why are power and politics important in organizational life?

Please answer the following questions:

• Why does conflict exist in organizations, what forms does it take and from where does it originate?

• What is the role of politics in organizations and how does it play out in terms of decision making?

• How can power be used to overcome organizational inertia and improve performance?

Hint:

An interest case example that might be used as the basis for responding to these questions is George Bush and the neo-conservatives who ran the White House and pushed the U.S. in the Iraq war.

Please limit your response to this assignment to a maximum of four single spaced, typed pages. Where necessary please identify relevant theories and examples noted in the text. In some instances, your responses should take the form of a summary, in your own words, of the main ideas of particular sections of the chapter. Please cite your sources in the text and please reference them at the end of your assignment. Please end your write-up with one paragraph that suggests what you think is the importance of this assignment.