Ask any IT professional what phrases spring to mind when you mention "organizational politics," and nine times out of 10 you will get responses such as:
- Doing deals
- Scoring points
- Personal agendas
- Getting one over on one's colleagues
- Secrecy and subterfuge
- Mafia tactics
- Win-lose
Organizational politics are, however, a fact of corporate life. Organizations, being made up of people, are essentially political institutions.