Impact of Culture, Power and Politics on individuals and teams in organisation

12 – ORGANISATIONAL
BEHAVIOUR

TABLE OF CONTENTS
INTRODUCTION...........................................................................................................................3
LO 1 ................................................................................................................................................3
Impact of Culture, Power and Politics on individuals and teams in organisation.......................3
LO 2.................................................................................................................................................5
P2 Content and process theory of motivation..............................................................................5
LO 3.................................................................................................................................................7
P 3: Effective team opposed to ineffective team.........................................................................7
LO 4...............................................................................................................................................12
P 4 Concepts and philosophies of organizational behaviour.....................................................12
CONCLUSION..............................................................................................................................14
REFERENCES..............................................................................................................................15

INTRODUCTION
Organizational behaviour is the study of group and individual's behaviour within
organization. This analysis of individual's behaviour is used for developing effective
organizational strategy such that employee's performance can be increased by implementing
several changes which will increase their working capabilities by motivating them. Richer
Sounds is multinational organization which provide Hi-fi home entertainment devices to its
customers. Analysis of internal environment of Richer Sounds is done in this report by
evaluating impact of culture, politics and power on employee performance. Evaluation of
implementation of various theories of motivation in regards to employee performance is also
being done in the report. Differentiation between ineffective teams and effective team is also
done in the report. With that analysis of various organizational behaviour is done in this report.
LO 1
Impact of Culture, Power and Politics on individuals and teams in organisation
CULTURE
Being the home entertainment retailer in London, England, the impact which the culture
in Richer Sounds has on its individuals and teams and the overall performance can be analysed
efficiently by the Handy Model of Organisational culture who divided the culture into four
different kinds that are Power, Role, Person and Task.
Power culture
If the Richer Sounds have power culture in its organisation, then the power is exercised by only
few individuals such as main employees of all departments who basically takes parts in decision
making regarding the products like Hi-Fi, TV and home cinema whose influence is greater than
others in every aspect. Here, the decision taking is so quick because the employees are analysed
on the results they achieve rather than identifying the process of their tasks (Connell, 2018). This
is the strongest culture which can become toxic sometimes. This sometimes demotivates the
employees and the teams as it can cause biasses. This can also hinder some of the sustainable
activities of the company like purchasing recycled stationary sundries, reusable packaging of for
collecting and delivering the TV repairs which helps in reducing waste and so on.
Role culture
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This is based on rules and the power is decided by the position of the employee. Decision
making is very low as Richer Sounds is less likely to take risks. so, it becomes bureaucratic.
These de motivates the employees as they are not judged on the basis of their hard work but in
terms of position and designation. This impacts negatively to the company as the person who
does the work of encouraging the customers and the colleagues to recycle the materials by
promoting the website might not secure the great position in the company but the tasks
performed are proving to be in favour of the company.
Task culture
This is used when the teams are made within Richer Sounds for addressing targetted
projects or problems. The team dynamic decides the effectiveness and ineffectiveness in the task
culture. If the teams have right mix of skills, leadership and personalities, teams can be
productive and creative (Xiao and Cooke, 2019).
Person Culture
This focusses on the individual employee as they consider themselves as superior to
others and Richer Sounds. Here, the organisation is just a group of employees where they work
to achieve the organisational goals. This is one of the wide utilized work culture of Handy's work
culture because of its simplicity.
POWER
The impact of power in Richer Sounds can be analysed by using the French and Raven’s
power model of five bases which are as follows:
Legitimate: Under this, the individual has the formal right for making decisions, and expects
others to be obedient and compliant to those demands. For example, in Richer sounds, the person
who is responsible for repairing TVs must give equal opportunities as the person who
manufactures and delivers the TV.
Reward: Under this, the person has the ability to compensate the another in terms of
compliance. This motivates the employees which increases the overall productivity.
Expert: This base of power is based on the levels of high skills and knowledge. The most
powerful person in this case is the person with knowledge and skills (Nguyen, Bensemann and
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