【Aisforalwaysgettingtoworkontime.Bisforbeingextremelybusy.Cisfortheconscientious(勤勤恳恳的)wayyoudoyourjob.Youmaybeallthesethingsattheoffice,andmore.Butwhenitcomestogettingahead,expertssay,theABCs】

　　Aisforalwaysgettingtoworkontime.

　　Bisforbeingextremelybusy.

　　Cisfortheconscientious(勤勤恳恳的)wayyoudoyourjob.

　　Youmaybeallthesethingsattheoffice,andmore.Butwhenitcomestogettingahead,expertssay,theABCsofbusinessshouldincludeaP,forpolitics,asinofficepolitics.

　　DaleCarnegiesuggestedasmuchmorethan50yearsago:Hardworkalonedoesn’tensurecareeradvancement.Youhavetobeabletosellyourselfandyourideas,bothpubliclyandbehindthescenes.Yet,despitetheobviousrewardsofengaginginofficepolitics—abetterjob,araise,praise—manypeoplearestillunableorunwilling—to“playthegame”.

　　“Peopleassumethatofficepoliticsinvolvessomemanipulative(工于心计的)behavior,”saysDeborahComer,anassistantprofessorofmanagementatHofstraUniversity.“Butpoliticsderivesfromtheword‘polite’.Itcanmeanlobbying(游说)andformingassociations.Itcanmeanbeingkindandhelpful,oreventrying,topleaseyoursuperior,andthenexpectingsomethinginreturn.”

　　Infact,today,expertsdefineofficepoliticsasproperbehaviorusedtopursueone’sownself-interestintheworkplace.Inmanycases,thisinvolvessomeformofsocializingwithintheofficeenvironment—notjustinlargecompanies,butinsmallworkplacesaswell.

　　“Thefirstthingpeopleareusuallyjudgedonistheirabilitytoperformwellonaconsistentbasis,”saysNeilP.Lewis,amanagementpsychologist.“Butiftwoorthreecandidatesareupforapromotion,eachofwhomhasreasonablysimilarability,amanagerisgoingtopromotethepersonheorshelikesbest.It’ssimplehumannature.”

　　Yet,psychologistssay,manyemployeesandemployershavetroublewiththeconceptofpoliticsintheoffice.Somepeople,theysay,haveanidealisticvisionofworkandwhatittakestosucceed.Stillothersassociatepoliticswithflattery(奉承),fearfulthat,iftheyspeakupforthemselves,theymayappeartobeflatteringtheirbossforfavors.

　　Expertssuggestalteringthisnegativepicturebyrecognizingtheneedforsomeself-promotion.

　　小题1:“Officepolitics”isusedinthepassagetoreferto________.A．thepoliticalviewsandbeliefsofofficeworkersB．theinterpersonalrelationshipswithinacompany