BNET Business Dictionary
Business Definition for: Politics
- the theory of government, the making of policy, or the power struggles within an organization
Wiktionary Definition for: Politics
- #The practice of responding to conflict with dialogue.
- #Set of policies relating to governmental and legal matters
- Ex:''I don't like his politics.''
- #campaigning Campaigning or arguing for a set of policies, or maneuvering for power
- Ex: ''I want to go into politics.''
- #The study of disputes between rival political factions.
- Ex:''Favoritism is the only use of politics.'' Richard L Kempe
- Political affairs of life, party politics, local politics.
- Ex: ''He's thinking of going into politics'', e.g., trying to become a Member of Parliament.
- Political views or beliefs.
- Ex: ''What are your politics?''
- rivalry between political parties
- Ex: ''They're not concerned with welfare: it's all politics!''
Additional Resources
- How to Win at Office Politics
- How to Win at Office PoliticsGreat Article!I really love the article, it reminds me of a walk through of the 48 laws of power, a great book on basically the same topic. I think that your suggestions are very down to earth, understandable, and fair.There was however a typo...
- Discussion threads 2007-07-11
- Coping with Office Politics
- You’ve heard the old saying that, who you know matters as much as what you know. Even more important, and not as clichéd: Who likes you counts a great deal in getting ahead in most organizations.When you think about it, a workplace really is a series of interconnected relationships—we get...
- Articles 2007-02-28
- Video: Playing Positive Office Politics
- Video: Playing Positive Office PoliticsThis is right onIt's great to hear these tips and know that there are ways to handle difficult people and situations in the workplace. This should be sent around to all the offices that I've been fortunate enough to become acquainted with! Thanks, Starla!Finally...
- Discussion threads 2007-07-10
- Don't Do Politics? Maybe You Should Start
- Â Executive recruitment firms are full of talented candidates who cite the reason for their career transition (aka redundancy, resignation or dismissal) as being the politics of their former employer. Many are looking for greener grass -- an organisation where they can perform at their best without demotivating...
- Blog posts 2009-01-06
- Don't Do Politics? Maybe You Should Start
- Executive recruitment firms are full of talented candidates who cite the reason for their career transition (aka redundancy, resignation or dismissal) as being the politics of their former employer. Many are looking for greener grass — an organisation where they can perform at their best without demotivating office politics and...
- News items 2009-08-07
- Coping with Office Politics
- Coping with Office PoliticsCHANGE MANAGEMENT OF YOURSELFI believe this is a very good lead up to integrate yourself to change management in organizations. I'm a current professor at MBA programs in my country, Colombia. I´m planning to integrate these valuable readings to my programs.I´ve been using Bnet for a couple...
- Discussion threads 2007-03-22
- Aristotle Politics: Books V and VI. (book review)
- Translated with a commentary by DAVID KEYT. Oxford: Oxford University Press, Clarendon Press, 1999. Pp. xvii, 265. This book completes the Clarendon Aristotle Series edition of the Politics. One might assume that, since David Keyt's contribution is the last of the four on the...
- Research articles 2001-10-01
- Southern Politics in the 1990s.(Review) (book review)
- Lamis, Alexander P., ed. Southern Politics in the 1990s Baton Rouge: Louisiana State University Press 490 pp., $39.95, ISBN 0-8071-2374-9 Publication Date: September 1999 Southern Politics in the 1990s is a collection of essays by various contributors on the politics of the eleven states of...
- Research articles 2000-06-22
- The Rise and Growth of American Politics: a sketch of constitutional developments by Henry Jones Ford.(Time Capsule: Reflections on the History of Political Science and APSA)(political scientist and former president of the American Political Science Assoc
- Political scientists and former American Political Science Assn Pres Henry Jones Ford chronicled the evolution of American politics in his book 'The Rise and Growth of American Politics.' The book was the first to examine in great detail the nature of party politics and its relation to governmental structure as...
- Research articles 1999-06-01
- How to Win at Office Politics
- Like it or not, every workplace is a political environment. But operating effectively within it doesn't have to mean sucking up, lying, or slinging dirt. In its purest form, office politics is simply about getting from here to there: securing a promotion, seeing an idea come to fruition, or gaining...
- Articles 2007-07-02
- Big, Fat Corporate Politics
- Big, Fat Corporate PoliticsI would go.Its not right that politics and your job mix in this way but what should be and is are oftentimes blurred in the gray area of corporate life. If moving up to the next level within this company is important, I would go. If you...
- Discussion threads 2007-05-18
- Massachusetts Politics, Auto Insurance Rates Too Close for Industry's Comfort.(Originated from The Boston Globe)
- Dec. 9--Officially, politics plays no role in the setting of Massachusetts auto insurance rates. Unofficially, insurance industry officials say politics and the desire to curry favor with voters has become the driving force in the regulatory proce Dec. 9--Officially, politics plays no role...
- Research articles 1997-12-09
- IRAN: OIL AND POLITICS BETWEEN TEHRAN AND OSLO.
- The main topic of Iran-Norway talks in New York may be the high politics of Middle East peace, but the low politics of oil may come up on the sidelines. As oil prices hover at high levels, with a $31/barrel price for Brent Crude October futures, West...
- Research articles 2000-09-04
- The Politics of GM Food: A Comparative Study of the UK, USA, and EU
- 041530699X The politics of GM food; a comparative study of the UK, USA, and EU. Toke, Dave. Routledge 2004 230 pages $125.00 Hardcover Environmental politics/Routledge research in environmental politics; v.6 TP248 In the US, says Toke (politics and sociology, U....
- Research articles 2005-09-01
- Harvard to Release National Poll of College Students' Views on Politics, Public Service
- CAMBRIDGE, Mass., Oct. 17 /U.S. Newswire/ -- Harvard University's Institute of Politics will release a new poll of American college students' views on politics and public service at a press briefing on Wednesday, Oct. 22, at noon in the Lisagor Room at the National Press Club, in Washington, D.C. What:...
- Research articles 2003-10-17
- Politics, politics, everywhere - even on Klamath water
- Indian Country Today Lakota Times 08-13-2003 Politics is everywhere and money is all over politics. That is certainly nothing new, but now it seems America is particularly caught up in a feeding frenzy of political quid pro quos and applied pressure. Now...
- Research articles 2003-08-13
- The New American Politics: Reflections on Political Change and the Clinton Administration. (book reviews)
- Bryan D. Jones (Ed.), Boulder, CO: Westview Press, 1995. $77.50 hardcover, $24.94 paper. "New" is a favorite adjective of edited collections about American politics and public policy. Readers probably greet such claims with the same skepticism that they do advertisements for "new and ...
- Research articles 1996-06-22
- Loan Oak Inc. to Acquire Politics.Com Inc
- TEMPE, Ariz.--BUSINESS WIRE--July 22, 1999-- Loan Oak Inc. (OTC BB: LOAK), Thursday announced that it has reached a stock purchase agreement to acquire all the outstanding shares of Politics.com Inc. on a share for share basis. Politics.Com is an Internet company that intends to provide...
- Research articles 1999-07-22
- Loan Oak Inc. Completes Acquisition of Politics.com Inc.; Changes Trading Symbol to "POCO"
- TEMPE, Ariz.--BUSINESS WIRE--Aug. 10, 1999-- Loan Oak Inc., (OTC BB:LOAK), Tuesday announced that it has acquired all the outstanding shares of Politics.com Inc. (OTC BB:POCO) on a share for share basis. The surviving company, Politics.com's new symbol is "POCO" and trades on the over the...
- Research articles 1999-08-10
- Presidential election finds some companies mixing marketing, politics.
- The Seattle Times Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Oct. 28--Never talk about religion or politics, goes one of the oldest rules of business. This political season, however, a number of companies are breaking that tradition -- the politics part of it,...
- Research articles 2004-10-28
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