Transcript Today_s_Office_Politics.ppt

Today’s Office Politics and
Strategic Corporate Alliances
Presented by
Stephanie Smith
And Sam Mackey
What are Politics?
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Politics \pä-lә-tiks\ noun
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competition between groups or individuals for power.
is a process by which decisions are made within groups.
Statistics:
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“Twenty percent of an
administrator's time -is spent resolving
conflicts among
employees”
Strategies for Employee’s
Surviving Office Politics
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1. Be positive to everyone
“Build supportive relationships”
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2. Be a team player
“Help achieve goals”
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3. Don’t whine and complain
“Coworkers resent the complainer”
Strategies for Employee’s
Surviving Office Politics cont:
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4. Be visible
“Get involved and contribute”
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5. Help your boss succeed
“Positive relationship”
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6. Be loyal
“Avoid backstabbing”
Strategies for Employee’s
Surviving Office Politics cont:
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7. Be an expert
“Develop competence”
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8. Mind your manners
“Be polite and courteous”
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9. Make others look good
“Success is in the eye of the beholder”
An Unlikely Pair: Sony and Samsung
A strategic alliance in a global perspective
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Building partnerships is becoming a norm
S-LCD a 50/50 venture in creating liquid
crystal displays
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Complementary Strengths of a Strategic Alliance
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benefit in each others expertise
– compensate for weakness
– an opportunity for both companies
– a bastion against threats
Mutual Respect
Willingness to show consideration or appreciation
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“Sony is really one of the very few electronics companies
whose brands are recognized as iconic. There’s a lot to learn
from Sony.”
– Chu Woo Sik, Head of Investor Relations at Samsung
Samsung licensed Sony’s Memory Stick technology
Openness
Accessible to all; unrestricted as to participants
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Open direct routes
of communication
Reduce obstruction
of information transfer
“If we put up barriers, they’ll close up too.”
- Mr. Murayama of Samsung
Trust
Firm reliance on the integrity, ability, or character of a person or thing
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These companies have looked,
beyond past cultural conflicts
between Japan and South Korea,
towards a future of prosperity.
An initial investment of 2.1 trillion
won ($ 2.2 billion US) split
between companies
Technology is being shared at
elementary levels
Mutual Benefit
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Reciprocity
1: a relation of mutual dependence or action or influence
2: mutual exchange of commercial or other privileges
“If we learn from Sony, it will help us in advancing our
technology.”
- Mr. Jang, Engineer at Sony
“We are the top consumer electronics company and
have yet to be challenged”
- Keiji Nakazawa, CFO of S-LCD
Resources:
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Nine strategies for successfully playing office politics by Terry Bragg,
http://www.dushkin.com/olc/genarticle.mhtml?article=38743
Organizational Behavior by Angelo Kinicki and Robert Kreitner,
http://highered.mcgrawhill.com/sites/007282932x/student_view0/chapter13/chapter_summary.html
Sony courts Samsung as their roles reverse
http://www.sprintusers.com/forum/archive/index.php/t-72351.html
S-LCD expands display capacity
http://www.digitaltvdesignline.com/showArticle.jhtml?printableArticle=true&
articleId=186500505
They go Head – to – Head
http://www.iht.com/articles/2005/07/25/business/samsung.php