Power and Politics in Organizational Behavior at Tesla

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Table of Contents
Introduction................................................................................................................................3
Organizational overview............................................................................................................3
Organisational behaviour health................................................................................................3
Summary....................................................................................................................................4
References..................................................................................................................................4

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Introduction
As an organisational behaviour consultant, I have found that power and politics are
major factors that are associated with the generation of stress, conflicts and
misunderstandings between the members of the organisation (tesla.com, 2019). Due to this,
there is need for change management and to make the right decisions along with undertaking
the right approaches to ensure smooth business functioning.
Organizational overview
The organisation chosen here is Tesla in United States, which has been a major
American automotive and energy company that has managed to accelerate the transition of
the world to sustainable energy with the introduction of good quality electric cars and through
delivery of renewable energy based solutions for homes and businesses (tesla.com, 2019).
Organisational behaviour health
As the OB consultant of Tesla US, I believe that from the perspectives of power and
politics, the authority and influence over others are based on the managerial or leadership
skills. The managers and leaders are associated with the management of direction and by
delegating tasks to the employees, furthermore acquire their ideas, views and opinions
required to encourage decision making and also allow the employees to perform to their
potential. Power do have both positive as well as negative effects, such as the manager has
the authority and power to guide the employees and provide them rewards while pressurizing
the employees and bullying subordinates could be the negative effects of power (Wood et al.,
2013). The politics, in terms of organisational behaviours, are associated with the
management of power to control the communication and develop social networks for
introducing as well as manage acceptance of changes to serve personal interests. The
conflicts emerge due to different in ideas, opinions and responses, which could create