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,oreventryingtopleaseyoursuperior,andthenexpectingsomethinginreturn.”

Infact,today,expertsdefineofficepoliticsasproperbehaviorsusedtopursueone’sownself-interestintheworkplace.Inmanycases,thisinvolvessomeformsofsocializingwithintheofficeenvironment—notjustinlargecompanies,butinsmallworkplacesaswell.

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

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

Expertssuggestaltering（改变）thisnegativepicturebyrecognizingtheneedforsomeself-promotion.

小题1:“Officepolitics”（Line2,Para.4）isusedinthepassagetoreferto____.