In the present scenario political activities, power and management behaviour/effectiveness influence the functioning of the organisation. It is important to see the role of power, politics and management in industrial organisation, because some of the industrial units are incurring loss while some of them are making profit. Any industrial unit can achieve the objective of the organisation, viz., higher productivity, if there is less political interference. So taking all the above concepts in mind the present paper makes an attempt to discuss the available data in terms of “the role of power, politics and management in organizational effectiveness.”
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