'Management is necessarily a political process'. Explain and critically evaluate this view. Use examples from reading and/or personal experience. Introduction Traditionally management was viewed as a relatively black and white process in which decisions were taken to control the organisation. However, in more recent times it has become recognised that management is a more complex activity involving the persuasion of individuals to certain viewpoints in order to perform various tasks on behalf of the …showed first 75 words of 2139 total…

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