title: Organizational politics: did you hear?
abstract: How do you define organizational politics? The underground system of communication, the grapevine, what's really going on in the organization, rumors, knowing who really has the power? However you define it, all sources agree you'd better not ignore it. According to one physician executive: "Organizational politics is how things really get done, who really has the power, how decisions get made. Things are not always what they appear to be on the organizational chart." Presented here are some thoughts about organizational politics from physician executives and their stories of when it helped or hurt their careers or prevented them from accomplishing something in their organizations.
authors.forename: B J
authors.initials: BJ
authors.lastname: Linney
mesh_terms: D003659:Decision Making, Organizational; D006801:Humans; D007400:Interprofessional Relations; D008486:Physician Executives; D011057:Politics; D011209:Power, Psychological; D014481:United States