The Empowered Manager
Peter Block authored the book, The Empowered Manager: Positive Political Skills at Work, to inform his readers of the politics that occur in organizations today. In his book, he writes about two different types of politics: the negative, or bureaucratic, and the positive, or entrepreneurial. He outlines each of the types of politics as a cycle of actions, or behaviors, to point out the differences of the two types. After discussing the differences between the two types of politics, he tries to persuade his readers to take a proactive role in trying to institute posit…
