How Can I Handle Negative Management Tactics?

Raising your voice against odds is your right. It is better to talk directly to your senior and explain the situation and tell him how you have been penalized. Do not loose patience, be firm on your stance and put forward your feeling. Negative management tactics are common when you are working, do not get disturbed by them, take them as inspiration to work even harder and prove your rivals wrong. Good Luck!

I wish you would have described the negative tactics you mentioned.  I was a manager for many years, and I have no knowledge of "negative management tactics."  

If you feel that you are being treated unfairly by management, speak to your immediate superior.  Don't take the "raise your voice" approach.  Just find out if there is something you are doing wrong, and if there is, it's your superior's job to help you correct it.  Don't let him/her off the hook.  Helping employees improve is one of management's obligations.

I somewhat agree with each of the other two responders, with just a slight slant on things.  I would recommend making yourself a list of what you feel is being negative at your workplace and then bringing it to your supervisor.  Be sure to be specific, you may be surprised to find that they are not aware of how it is affecting you.  Or you may find that you are just being overly sensitive.  Not knowing how long you have worked there, or if there has been some changes within the workplace, this is the best we can do for you!  I hope this helps.

How I sympathise with you, friend.  I also am a victim of what you so delicately describe as negative management tactics.  These include bullying and harassment, undermining your confidence by alleging that others have complained about you, micromanaging, and so on.  I have taken a different line in combating this, in that I enlisted the help of my union.  I now question my manager when she tries to bully me, and if she makes allegations about what others have said about me, I ask them about it.  So far I have received nothing but support from my colleagues, who are usually dismayed that she has misrepresented them.  Although this all makes my working life far from pleasant, I do have the satisfaction of knowing that her tactics are damaging her more than they are me, in this life.  And if one believes in karma - what a store of bad stuff she is accumulating for herself.

I too sympathise with you. I have just left my job because of the appalling bad management which was making my life a misery. It's all very well people telling you to go to your supervisor with your complaints, but if it's your supervisor who is employing these tactics on you, you won't get very far. I know, because I have done that. The best thing you can do is join a union and get them to help you. In places where that is not possible, you can make a note of all the things you think are being done against you, take it to your manager and say you would like to talk it over because it is impacting on your ability to do your job because you feel upset. If you don't get a satisfactory outcome from that, or if it starts to slide after an initial few days of ok-ness, make more notes (what has happened, dates) and go to the person above your manager. You need to be a strong person to go through this sort of thing on your own, and if they have been demoralising you for some time you may not feel able to stand up to them. I have left my job because I didn't feel strong enough to fight against them any longer, and I was protecting my own state of mind. You can also leave and then go through legal proceedings - a tribunal for constructive dismissal (if you feel they gave you no choice but to leave), harassment, or discrimination. But you will need some legal advice. I think you have 3 months to do that, in the UK at any rate.