Academic Poster: Managing and Leading People - UGB164 (2018) Module

This academic poster, created for the UGB164 module, focuses on the critical aspects of managing and leading people within an organizational context. The poster explores key concepts such as individual differences, perception, and employee behavior and their impacts, motivation and the meaning of work, group behavior and team development, leadership approaches, and mana...Read More

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Management Power,
Control and Politics Conclusions
Management Power, Control and
Politics are necessary for an
organisation if used in a healthy
manner. Constructive conflicts,
equal distribution of power and
equal opportunities to employees
to introduce innovative ideas is a
definite pathway to success. These
elements are crucial for the
survival and profitability of
organisations.
References
Holmes, J. and Stubbe, M.,
2015. Power and politeness in
the workplace: A
sociolinguistic analysis of talk
at work. Routledge.
Fleming, P. and Spicer, A.,
2014. Power in management
and organization
science. The Academy of
Management Annals, 8(1),
pp.237-298.
Management Power, Control and Politics in Cadbury
Cadbury adopts task culture. They
focus on getting the task done.
Employees are brought together to
achieve a specific task but ultimate
power stays with specialists in the
teams. Failure in the function of
one team affects the working of
other teams. This power helps
them to manage their teams
effectively and monitor their work
closely which eradicates any scope
for errors.
Cadbury facilitates control over
each resources used in the
company, mechanical or human.
Efficiency of each resource is
thoroughly checked at every step
and is modified or trained
according to the needs of the
company.
Introduction
Power in Cadbury stay with its
managers and leaders. Such control
in the organisation is essential as it
facilitates a systematic way in
which organisational objectives
can be achieved. Organisations are
political structures. They function
by distributing authorities and set
up a platform for exercising power.
Tasks in teams are allotted by the
leaders and the performance of
employees is monitored and
controlled. The political structure
of the company is Democratic. The
director of the firm discusses
strategies and issues with
interested employees.
Their feedbacks are taken and
suggestions from employees are
given equal importance at Cadbury.
The ultimate decision is the one
which suits all the people present
in the discussion. It helps to bring
employees together which leads to
their motivation.