Organisational Politics and Employee Dissatisfaction: A Case Study

Case study

TASK 1 CASE STUDY
INTRODUCTION
Organisational politics is a major cause of employee dissatisfaction. There are various
cases within companies where employees working in the company feel dissatisfied. It is
important for all companies to make their employees feel happier and satisfied while working
together. In the following report, a case is discussed in which there are two main characters
naming Barry and Raphael. Both of them are working in small growing company. The co
worker of Barry naming Raphael was promoted to different department. After some time boss of
Barry left and Raphael was transferred to the previous department and there he became the boss
(Dávila, & Atkinson, (2019)). According to Barry this was not a fair decision as he has also
done a lot for the company and as per his point of view, promotion must be given to him too.
Praises of Raphael were not shared with the higher ups. This disappointed Barry. This is clearly
a case of organisational politics and injustice. Barry realised that his hard work is not recognised
by the company and he is upset. Raphael is given credit for all good work done by him. This case
is an example of impression management. This is created when someone has taken positive
credit of accomplishment of other individual's work. In this case study, Raphael is taking credit
of work done by Barry in all these years. Raphael only tried to influence the perception of his
image. It is the responsibility of organisation that it focus on work of different employees
working in his company. All organisations must promote and give rewards to hard working
employees and workers. This will help in praising good employees and attaining objectives
within less time frame. Leaders must use their power in an effective manner so that they can
create a positive atmosphere among employees and they do not feel discriminated.
THEORETICAL OVERVIEW
Organisational power is defined as the way by which leaders manage different activities
and tasks provided to them. There are different type of power that leaders can use within the
organisation (Eberwein, Fengler, & Karmasin, (2019)). The various type of power used within
the company are legitimate power, rewards power, coercive power, expert power and referent
power. These different kind of powers are described below -