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INTRODUCTION...........................................................................................................................3P1 Influence of organisation’s power, culture and politics influence individual and teamperformance and behaviour.........................................................................................................4TASK 2............................................................................................................................................8P2 Content theories and Process theories of motivation and motivational techniques enableeffective achievement of goals in Waitrose.................................................................................8TASK 3............................................................................................................................................9P3 Effective team as opposed to and ineffective team................................................................9TASK 4..........................................................................................................................................12P4 Concept and philosophies of organisational behaviour within situation.............................12CONCLUSION..............................................................................................................................14REFERENCES..............................................................................................................................162

INTRODUCTIONOrganisational behaviour is a continuous process of various set of activities in whichunderstanding and influencing of human behaviour is covered as to achieve organisational goalsin best effective way (Ashenden and Sasse, 2013). It is associated with understanding andmanaging behaviour of an individual within organisation in order to increase organisationeffectiveness. Present case study has been conducted on, Waitrose & Partners which is a Britishsupermarket chain of food retailing division. Company was founded in the year 1904 by WallaceWaite, Arthur Rose and David Taylor and headquartered in Bracknell, Berkshire, UK. Waitroseoffer their services in Supermarket online shopping sector and have more than 52,590 employeesin their organisational structure. With holding 5.1% market Share Company bagged sixth-largestgroceries retailer unit in the United Kingdom. Waitrose also engage in exporting their productsand services to 52 countries. In this report discussions has been made on, influence oforganisational culture, power and politics on individual and on team performance and behaviouralong with this, process and content theories of motivation is covered in this report. In addition tothis concept of effective and ineffective team is described in this report along with philosophiesand concept of organisational behaviour is covered in this report. P1 Influence of organisation’s power, culture and politics influence individual and teamperformance and behaviourOrganisational behaviour provides in general study of human behaviour performing theirroles within an organisation workplace. This concept benefits companies to effectivelyunderstand complex study of human behaviour as to evaluate actual causes along withconsequence of behaviour. Formative concept of organisational behaviour not only aid anorganisation to understand behaviour of their employees and motivate them in best effective waybut also benefits workers to increase their overall level of performance. This will aidorganisation to build a positive healthy relationship with their employees and stimulateorganisation growth. In addition with this, concept of organisational behaviour also provide an3

organisation an opportunity in which they can efficiently utilize their profitability andproductivity (Carlos Pinho and Dibb, 2014). In context with Waitrose top level management ofcompany is taking advantage of Handy culture in order to overcome challenges of power, cultureand politics and their impact on functioning on organisation. There are some certain factors thatimpact on organisational activities: Organisational Culture: There are various kinds of assumptions covered within organisationalculture such as beliefs and values which will benefit an organisation to effectively analysebehaviour of their workers in best effective way. A company include, different types of essentialelements such as, organisation values, vision, and systems all these depicts organisational culturemanner in which they made interaction with their peer group of stakeholders, clients and otherrelated group of individual. A culture includes formative set of organisation values, system andnorms.Top level management of Waitrose have implemented Handy typology within theirorganisational culture. As company operates their functions in supermarket industry they offerwide range of food products via supermarkets online shopping mode. Along with this companyhas especial royal warrant to provide wine, groceries and spirits to British Queen Elizabeth II.This shows the effective and best quality range of services provided by them. Waitrose is havingmore than 353 convenience shops within all over United Kingdom. Mentioned below concept ofHandy Typology is defined in a descriptive way which is segregated in four differentcomponents:Power Culture: Power culture prevailing within organisation depicts formative set of authoritiesthat are mainly hold by few individuals (Xerri and Brunetto, 2013). For instance, Waitrosesuperior authorized to have formal rights which allow them to analyse and judge actualperformance done by employees. This will aid Waitrose to improve effectiveness of theircompany along with rise in performance level of their employees. This will benefit them toacquire large number of market share and effectively maximise their overall range ofproductivity and profitability. Task Culture: This culture of Handy Typology is in the form of horizontal in nature and coversflexible set of activities in it. Managers of Waitrose are taking advantage of this culture in asituation when there is requirement to complete a task within proper set of time frame. It willbenefit Waitrose to influence and encourage their workers to work with more effectiveness and4

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