CHAPTER ONE 1.0 BACKGROUND TO THE STUDY 1.1 INTRODUCTION

The concept “organizational politics” is a new area of focus in Human Resources Management. Politics is ever present in any plurality of human society.

The endemic nature of politics in our organization and the large society has compelled many scholars to carry out research work in order to recommend how politics can be manage toward achieving the predetermined goals and objectives of an organization.

One of the contributions to the study of politics is attributed to the work of a great Greek philosopher, Aristotle.

According to him (Aristotle 384-322) viewed politics to mean the affairs of Greek city or state. In his book, man is a political animal who by interacting with another or more persons produces a relationship called politics.

This there are two major types of politics state and organizational politics. But in this chapter and for the purpose of this research work, we shall concentrate mainly on the organizational politics

Organizational politics or corporate office politics is an inescapable and intrinsic reality.

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