Office politics: The unspoken rules in office buildings

Author: Zhang Chao (Compiler)
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Publish Date: 2003-01-01
Features: "Office politics" is not politics in the academic sense of politics, nor is it a generalization of politics. It is a metaphorical, descriptive, and humorous summary of workplace interpersonal relationships, which is both subtle and profound. The term "office politics" cannot be found in dictionaries. It is difficult to trace who first coined this term, but it has at least spread on the internet. Typing "office politics" into a search engine yields 1.76 million related results. The person who first coined this term truly exposed the essence of office interpersonal relationships with a single sentence: it is a kind of "politics." Its meaning can be interpreted in two ways: negative interpretation: office gossip, backstabbing, factionalism, flattery, etc.; positive interpretation: it can bring unexpected benefits to business and career. The greatest contribution of the term "office politics" is that it hits the essence of survival in workplace interpersonal relationships. Without a "political" awareness and "political" art in dealing with people and things in the workplace, you may not even be able to keep your job, whether you are a boss, subordinate, or colleague. The "political survival" of interpersonal relationships can both narrow and expand your job prospects. Those who understand how to grasp "political survival" in the workplace, due to their clear understanding and optimistic attitude towards office politics, their choice is clearly: office politics is a "game" that must be played. But why do many people suddenly develop an aversion to "office politics"? Because in traditional concepts, or in public concepts, there seems to be an unbridgeable gap between non-official career "work" and "politics"; "work" is a pure and sacred thing, and "politics" will hinder the "work" we define in our hearts. The negative interpretation of "office politics": office gossip, backstabbing, factionalism, flattery, etc. The positive interpretation of "office politics": it can bring unexpected benefits to business and career. The office politics discussed in this book is essentially a discussion on office interpersonal relationships. The content of the book covers the objective existence of office politics, survival skills, luck issues, subordinate concepts, and colleague concepts.