Organisational Theory and Practice

Organisational Theory and
Practice

Table of Contents
Introduction......................................................................................................................................1
Main Body.......................................................................................................................................1
A. The management style , the principle and functions of management ..................................1
B. Organisational Structure to Achieve High Performance and Organisational Culture...........2
C. The leadership styles of CEO of that firm to enhance the organisational performance of the
organisation.................................................................................................................................3
D. Effects of Power, Influence and Conflicts of Apple..............................................................4
E. Motivation theory used by the Apple.....................................................................................5
F. Corporate Example.................................................................................................................6
G. Recommendations:.................................................................................................................7
Conclusion.......................................................................................................................................7
REFERENCES................................................................................................................................9

Introduction
Organizational theory includes a series of task that have a relatively higher impact on
individuals, groups as well as structures that are part of the Organization. There are various
organization of different size and structure. It is important to understand the diverse
viewpoints of the Organization and adopt the unique leadership style that is vital of being
successful (Aboramadan, 2018.).
For doing this project Apple has been selected as it is one of the leading multinational
retail company in U.K., they are engaged in providing variety of products that mainly includes
personal Computers, software's as well as mobile devices. Currently, the company is lead by
Tim Cook and has witness immense impact by his continual and sustained efforts. This project
is broadly divided into seven tasks. This includes Management styles followed by Leader,
changes done by him in the company's structure to improve it's performance by monitoring
the different department at each level . The leadership style followed by him in order to
enhance the effectiveness of each of it's talented forces and thereby resulting in the growth of
it's Organization. In addition to this, it also covers power and influence of him and motivation
theory preferred by the CEO in order to ensure that employee's remain highly engaged to be
successful in achieving the objective of Apple.
Main Body
A. The management style , the principle and functions of management
Management Style can be referred as a way in which manager works to fulfil the
objectives of their Company (Azudin and Mansor, 2018.). The Style comprises of series of
tasks that includes planning, Organizing, making decisions and along managing their talented
workforce. Management Style varies and it is highly dependant on structure, culture, country
and even one's own ways for performing a particular task. CEO of Apple mainly follows
democratic style of management and has embraced some of existing practices of renowned
leaders and develop this own unique skills . He believes in the capability of it's employee's
and has realized that it is must to nurture as well as build a healthy relationship with them. Due
to this, he has enhanced his team's assistance that has motivated them in various ways that has
encouraged consensus building among their team members. Although, his style has resulted in
slower decision making process. But he has been successful in inspiring his team that has been
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