By definition the word politics refers to the activities associated with governing a country or area. So when talking about law, policy, and practices it's okay to use the word politics. So why is the word politics used when in real time people go through situations where their back is stabbed, there is discord or major disagreement?
I think that people will use the word because it has a thoroughly negative connotation. I think that maybe over the years people have grown so disenchanted by elected leaders and the creation of laws and policy that unconsciously they use the word as a way to really express their disdain. Truthfully though when one refers to the politics of a business or group of people the word used is incorrect.
When discord and disagreements happen over differences of opinion on performance it does not mean politics, not by definition. I also think that assuming that a company or individual engage in politics because of their own rules is also inaccurate. Politics require a process of debating, lobbying, discussion, and approval where most companies usually have some sort of unanimous agreement on what they want their rules and manner of governance to be. In the end it's okay to use a word that is associated with discord but it's good to know that it really isn't the right word.
Perhaps a better word would be SHIT!
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