Organizational politics is viewed as a common approach to acquire power through dubious means other than virtue or merit. Organizational politics is a natural phenomenon resulting from the fact that people perceive things differently and act differently. This multifariousness creates a tension that must be resolved through political means. In some other sense, it could be argued that politics is used primarily to achieve power. Power on the other hand refers to the possession of controlling influence usually used as a means to get things done. It is the basic energy to initiate and sustain action translating intention into reality; the quality with which leaders cannot lead…power is at once the most necessary and most distrusted element exigent to human progress. Ideally, it is the ability to implement sustainable plans. In many occasions authorities use power when either there are conflicting points of view or when the decision to be undertaken is mutually dependent (Pfeffer, 1993). Interdependency entails a symbiosis relationship where both parties gain benefits from each other. Power and influence are applied when the individuals with whom there exists an interdependent relationship have a different point of view. This happens especially in forums or groupings where a decision has to be made, and each party’s contribution is equally important, but at the end of the day a consensus has to be arrived at. Interdependence could results from the way in which tasks are organized in a firm. For instance, in a matrix structure, employees have to report to more than one manager. If a motor vehicle manufacturing company such as General motors company decides to come up with a new hybrid vehicle model, it may result to deploy some of its engineers to the project , this decision is vital as it would affect the number of engineering personnel available to be dispatched to other fields. The managers would therefore need to discuss and agree on the issue. Eventually this would necessitate those engineers assigned to the project , report to both the projects manager and also to their engineering departmental manager thus resulting to some level of interdependency between the two departments due to the sharing of resources. Likewise, the greater the degree of task specialization in the organization, the higher is the chance that disagreements will occur. This is simply because, when work is divided into different specialties and units, it is more likely that the organization will have people whose differences in background and training will cause them to take different views of the situation. For a company dealing with production of consumer goods, the decision has to be made after consulting with all relevant authorities. The research department has to carry out feasibility studies on the viability of the decision, the finance department will ascertain if the company is in a position to handle the expenditure; the marketing department has to come up with marketing strategies and so on. With such a large number of people involved it is scarcely surprising that differences of opinion will emerge. The more important the decision, the more the people involved and for