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It was surprisingly hard to find a good definition of this on any external sites. Anyone know of a good one? Sbonds 01:56, 22 Jan 2004 (UTC)

The last paragraph should probably be deleted because it's nothing but an unsupported hypothesis that seems inaccurate from my perspective.

I disagree. Sir Francis Bacon's statement: "Nam et ipsa scientia potestas est" for knowledge itself is power, assumed authority as given. Millions of employees have looked on, unable to get things done because of office politics. They know things, but people with authority will not listen to them, or worse, deliberately ignore them; meanwhile, those indulging in office politics weaken their companies and profit at the expense of owners, good employees and the country.

The point is that people are too often promoted on the grounds of their ability to work the organization and not on the basis of their knowledge of its productive processes. The former is necessary, otherwise, however good an employee is at their job, they will be vulnerable to social or internal political attacks. These are often capable of the ruination of some of the most productive and inspiring managers. A company weakened by promotion of those expert in organizational manipulation as opposed to promoting real production expertise, weakens again and this can snowball as internal politics takes a hold.

The ideal person has both productive expertise and organization skills. Sadly, these people are very rare. Politics (office politics or otherwise)213.55.22.139 21:33, 16 January 2007 (UTC), power information and authority are all closely linked.

What is inaccurate about this?213.55.22.139 21:21, 16 January 2007 (UTC)

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