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P. WendorffPolitics in Software Developmenthttps://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4842-7380-7_1

1. Fundamental Concepts

Peter Wendorff1  
(1)
Birmingham, UK
 

A meaningful discussion of organizational politics requires a good understanding of some fundamental concepts. The definitions and explanations offered in this chapter clarify their meaning in the context of this book.

Stakeholder

The term “stakeholder” is central to the study of organizational politics and many other subjects. It was already casually used in the introduction to denote participants of political processes. The stakeholders in a political process are the parties that are affected by it or its outcome. ...

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