Read the literature on the difference between rational and political decision-making. Interview three managers from the same or different organizations, ideally at junior, middle, and senior manager levels. First, ask each one to give you a specific example of ‘workplace politics in action’. Second, make three copies of the scoresheet from Chapter exercise 2 below. Third, ask each manager to rank each type of decision according to the extent that they believe politics plays a part in it in their organization (1 = most political; 11 = least political). They should enter their ranking in column 3. Finally, ask them what makes a decision ‘political’ in their organization.