respond to peers comment: $1.)$ Managers can effectively leverage the positive effects of organizational politics by fostering a culture of transparency, encouraging open communication, building strong relationships, and promoting fairness and equity in decision$-$making processes. It's essential to understand the informal networks within the organization and use them to drive positive change and collaboration rather than for personal gain.

Managers can minimize employee perceptions of organizational politics by promoting transparency in decision$-$making processes, ensuring consistency in policies and procedures, encouraging open communication, providing opportunities for employee input, and being fair and impartial in their interactions. Building trust within the team, addressing conflicts openly and promptly, and modeling ethical behavior can also help reduce perceptions of organizational politics. $2.)$ Managers can most effectively leverage the positive effects of organizational politics by knowing when to use the correct strategy. The company$$s situation will dictate the strategy used. The company will do what they need in order to succeed in the future. Regardless of what the company does they will not make everyone happy. The solution that I can see working is a mix of what is best for the company and the employees. This also needs to be communicated to the employees, this means there has to be transparency between the manager, the company and the employees. This can work to the benefit of the manager because those employees are good at playing the political game may not lose task performance or suffer from emotional exhaustion. Employees may be able to see the bigger picture if there is transparency about the situation and why certain decisions were made.

The best way to minimize the employee perceptions of organizational politics is first and foremost transparency by the manager. While employees may not completely agree with the decision made, at least they know the situation. It will also depend on the tactics that are used by the manager. If they come across the employees as doing this because I said so$,$ that will not go over very well. In tough political organizational politics, a soft influential tactic in delivering the news or new direction is more beneficial for a positive outcome. This appeals to the employees and lets them know the manager is looking out for them and also what is best for the company. It all starts with the delivery of the news of the change, and if a manager can have a positive start this will help minimize the perception. Unfortunately, not every employee will be happy with the change implemented. There is no way to ensure that every employee will have a positive perception of the organizational politics. However, if a manager can minimize the total number of employees who will have a negative perception on the organizational politics the better the situation could be for the company and the employees.