政治对职业发展影响及应对策略分析报告.pdfVIP

Writingacasestudyreport

PracticeI

Directions：Analyzethefollowingcase,andwriteareportonittogive

suggestionstoJoanMainwaring.Followingthepatterndiscussedinclassis

crucialtoyourreport.

OfficePoliticsAlmostEndedMyCareer

Aftertenyearsworkinginthesameoffice,JoanMainwaringdecidedsheneeded

achange.ShesuccessfullyobtainedajobasadeputyHeadofServicewithadifferent

company.Joanhadnoidea,however,whatshe’dletherselfinfor.

FirstDay

I’dspentahappytenyearswithmypreviouscompany.Theofficewaspleasant,

thestaffswerefriendly,andmanagementencouragedpositivecommunicationabout

workissues.Iwantedpromotion,however,andbecausestaffturnoverwassolow,I

knewIhadtolookelsewhere.

Fromthefirstdaywithmynewcompany,IwonderedifI’dmadeamistake.It

wasn’tjustthenewenvironmentandfaces,itwasthetalktheHeadofService,Richard,

hadwithme.

Richardmadeitclearthatherarely,ifever,wentoutintothemainbodyofthe

office.Hepreferredtoworkinhisroomontheothersideofthecorridor.Instead,Iwas

tositinacornerofthemainofficeandbehis‘eyesandears’.

Ididn’tcontradictRichard–afterall,I’djustjoinedthecompany–butitsounded

oddthatashisdeputy,Iwastoreportonstaffactivities.Hementionednothingabout

providingguidance,meetingtargets,oralloftheotherthingsI’dexpected.

alityProblems

Iwonderedhowthestaffwouldreacttothis–andIsoonfoundout.Itseemedthat

thepreviousincumbentofmyjobhadperformedthesameroleforRichard.Asaresult,

allthestaffswerewaryofme.Theywerepolite,butguardedintheirresponses

wheneverIspoketothem.

Thesituation