Damage Limitation

The body of research into the damaging effects of abuses of power, and negative politics is growing. Here is a selection of some of the most enlightening.

"Office Politics Costs British Business £7.8bn a Year" Reed Executive Plc 2002.
"Asked to indicate the worst elements of business leadership 43% of senior managers answered politics" Leaders in London 2004.
"British business is losing an estimated £12.3bn a year on managerial time spent on ideas which are going nowhere" The SCQuARE Report 2004.
"46% maintain that change has resulted in a higher level of organisational performance" Management Agenda 2004, Roffey Park Research
"69%of respondents in the 2002 survey reported that political behaviour was rife — and on the increase" Politics in Organisations by Linda Holbeche
"Six years ago I thought that politics was a bad thing, now I think it is necessary" Politics in Organisations by Linda Holbeche
"Most respondents believe that they learned political skills by observation and experience rather than by formal training and feel that such a core skill area should not be left to chance" Politics in Organisations by Linda Holbeche
"technical staff are least likely to engage in political behaviour (14%) whilst senior managers are most likely (45%)" Management Agenda 2004, Roffey Park Research.
"£6.2 billion is lost on the time-wasting effects of office politics" The SCQuARE Report 2004.

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