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(Office) Politics is simply how power gets worked out on a practical, day-to-day basis.

Office
Office

An office is generally a room or other area in which people employment, but may also denote a position within an organization with specific duties attached to it ; the latter is in fact an earlier usage, office as place originally referring to the location of one's duty....
 politics
Politics

Politics is the process by which groups of people make decisions. The term is generally applied to behaviour within civil governments, but politics has been observed in all human group interactions, including corporation, academia, and religion institutions....
 "is the use of one's individual or assigned power
Power

Power refers broadly to any ability to cause change or exert control over either things or people, subjects or objects....
 within an employing organization for the purpose of obtaining advantages beyond one's legitimate authority
Authority

In government, authority is often used interchangeably with the term "power ". However, their meanings differ: while "power" refers to the ability to achieve certain ends, "authority" refers to a claim of legitimacy , the justification and right to exercise that power....
. Those advantages may include access to tangible assets, or intangible benefits such as status
Status

Status is a state, condition or situation. In common usage it may refer to:*Social status*Economic status*HIV status*Status *Status quo*Status symbol...
 or pseudo-authority that influences the behavior of others.






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(Office) Politics is simply how power gets worked out on a practical, day-to-day basis.

Office
Office

An office is generally a room or other area in which people employment, but may also denote a position within an organization with specific duties attached to it ; the latter is in fact an earlier usage, office as place originally referring to the location of one's duty....
 politics
Politics

Politics is the process by which groups of people make decisions. The term is generally applied to behaviour within civil governments, but politics has been observed in all human group interactions, including corporation, academia, and religion institutions....
 "is the use of one's individual or assigned power
Power

Power refers broadly to any ability to cause change or exert control over either things or people, subjects or objects....
 within an employing organization for the purpose of obtaining advantages beyond one's legitimate authority
Authority

In government, authority is often used interchangeably with the term "power ". However, their meanings differ: while "power" refers to the ability to achieve certain ends, "authority" refers to a claim of legitimacy , the justification and right to exercise that power....
. Those advantages may include access to tangible assets, or intangible benefits such as status
Status

Status is a state, condition or situation. In common usage it may refer to:*Social status*Economic status*HIV status*Status *Status quo*Status symbol...
 or pseudo-authority that influences the behavior of others. Both individuals and groups may engage in Office Politics."

Office politics differs from office gossip
Gossip

Gossip is idle talk or rumor, especially about the personal or private affairs of others. It forms one of the oldest and most common means of sharing facts and views, but also has a reputation for the introduction of errors and other variations into the information thus transmitted....
 in that people participating in office politics do so with the objective of gaining advantage, whereas gossip can be a purely social activity. However, both activities are highly related to each other.

Office politics also refers to the way co-workers act among each other. It can be either positive or negative.

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