title: Political savvy in staff development: building an indispensable department.
abstract: Political savvy is not something with which one is born; instead it is a process that is learned, sometimes painfully, always demandingly. The purpose of this article is to identify strategies that will make a staff development department essential to organizational functioning and that will enhance both productivity and political survival. Critical to survival is the promotion of the three Vs of staff development: visibility, viability, and validity. Power and politics must be utilized to create an indispensable department.
authors.forename: A E
authors.initials: AE
authors.lastname: Avillion
mesh_terms: D006748:Hospital Departments / Q000458:organization & administration*; D007318:Inservice Training / Q000458:organization & administration; D009741:Nursing Staff, Hospital / Q000193:education; D011057:Politics; D013192:Staff Development