Corporate Politics

Corporate politics is another topic that is important especially in the future during internships and in the working industry. The lecture and workshop on office politics covers how we can get our boss to our side, analyse the VIPs, and at the same time work well with your peers and subordinates.


Besides that, sexual harassment is also covered in this topic. I was quite shocked that sexual harassment is so broadly defined. I always thought that it meant physical actions. However, simple flirtatious movements is also categorised under sexual harassment.

I remembered once when Ms Chin taught us how to protect ourselves from sexual harassment in the lecture on office politics. The words that she used were something I would never have thought of and I felt that is is very useful to us as it can prevent such things from happening while not offending the other party. She said this, "I'm sorry, but my parents brought me up in a conservative way, so i think it would be better if..." This sentence does not sound offensive but at the same time, it is displaying an act of rejection towards the other party.

Though I have learnt a lot from the lectures and workshops on office politics, I felt that only by personal experience can I really understand and experience office politics. No matter how much knowledge I have, if I were to compare myself with one who has a rich working experience, the latter will know how to handle office politics more than me.

To end off this post, here is a video that I found on YouTube. Enjoy!