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The Concept of Organizational Behavior

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TABLE OF CONTENTSINTRODUCTION...........................................................................................................................1TASK 1............................................................................................................................................11.1 Comparison among different organizational structure and organizational culture..........11.2 Impact of organization's structure and culture relationship on the business....................21.3 Factors influencing employees behavior at work.............................................................3TASK 2............................................................................................................................................42.1 Effectiveness of different leadership styles in different organizations............................42.2 Importance of organizational theory in the management practice of a business..............52.3 Different management styles used for organizations.......................................................5TASK 3............................................................................................................................................63.1 Impact of different leadership styles on motivation of employees in an organization.....63.2 Different motivational theories within the workplace......................................................73.3 Importance of motivation theory for a manager...............................................................8TASK 4............................................................................................................................................84.1 Nature of group and group behavior within organization................................................84.2 Factors affecting teamwork in an organization................................................................94.3 Impact of technology on functioning of team..................................................................9CONCLUSION..............................................................................................................................10REFERENCES..............................................................................................................................11
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INTRODUCTIONOrganizations are social system possessing their own structure and culture. There aremany factors affecting and governing the working of these firms. The concept of organizationalbehavior studies the attitudes and actions of individuals or groups in context to the enterprise. Itcovers three determinants of behavior in a corporation that are individuals, groups and structure.The theories related to leadership, motivation, communication, change process, job design andwork stress are covered under this concept. The present study reveals the significance ofrelationship between organizational structure and culture. Through a case study, it furtherdiscusses various motivational and leadership theories which helps in making a new businessentity successful. The report evaluates the impact of effective teamwork in developing anorganization. It covers required aspects to be adopted by a new firm to ensure proper growth anddevelopment of individuals and the company.TASK 11.1 Comparison among different organizational structure and organizational cultureOrganizational structure: It represents that how business activities like supervision,coordination and allocation are directed towards achievement of company's goals(Gelfand, Erez and Aycan, 2007). There are different types of organizational structurewhich should be considered before planning a new business:Basis ofcomparisonLine organizationalstructureFunctionalorganizationalstructureMatrix organizationalstructureDefinition There is a direct, verticalrelationship betweendifferent level ofmanagement, whichdraws clear line ofauthority, responsibilityand accountabilityamong the managers.Here the organizationis divided into numberof functional areaslike, production,marketing, humanresources and financeand work according totheir functions.This type of structureis a combination offunctional and projectorganizationalstructure. It isdesigned to achievespecific results byusing team specialistsfrom different1
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functionaldepartments.ExampleEducational institutes.TESCO.Hilton Hotels.Organizational culture: This concept includes business values, beliefs, experiences andexpectations. It helps to build unique social and psychological environment of the firm.Below are different organizational culture that needs to be studied before setting up a newbusiness:Basis ofcomparisonPower cultureRole culturePerson cultureDefinitionIt has centralized culturewhere the head makesrapid decisions andcontrols on entireorganization.In this type of culture,each individual knowstheir job andresponsibilities andtherefore worksaccordingly.Here, more value isgiven to an individualrather than thecompany that developscompetition among themanagers. ExampleAppleThomas CookScientific institutions1.2 Impact of organization's structure and culture relationship on the businessThere are numerous factors affecting the working of a business entity. Organizationalstructure and culture contributes to provide an efficient and effective environment to thecompany. On one hand, business structure prepares the code of conduct to work depending onthe needs of the company. While on the other hand, organizational culture developsindividuality, integrity and openness in the working environment. The effective combination ofboth these factors brings optimistic approach to the enterprise (Bakker and Schaufeli, 2008). Aperson should understand the significance of positive structure and culture before setting up anew venture, which are mentioned below:It draws outline for the employees and managers to understand the vision, mission andpurpose of the institution. The official protocol presented by its structure guides anddirects each and every individual about his duties and responsibilities.They enable different departments to function smoothly towards a common goal. Theproductivity of the company increases by the team effort accomplished by everyindividual.2
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