Organizational Structure and Culture of City College & Enterprise-Rent-a-car : Assignment
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ORGANISATIONAND BEHAVIOUR1
TABLE OF CONTENTSIntroduction......................................................................................................................................3TASK 1LO1- UNDERSTAND THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN ORGANISATIONAL STRUCTURE AND CULTURE1.1 Compare and contrast different organisational structures and culture...................................31.2 Explain the correlation between structure and culture...........................................................51.3 Factors that influence individual behavior at work................................................................5TASK 2LO2- UNDERSTAND DIFFERENT APPROACHES TO MANAGEMENT AND LEADERSHIP2.1 Effectiveness of different leadership styles............................................................................62.2 Organizational theory and its link with management styles.................................................72.3 Different approaches of management....................................................................................9LO3- UNDERSTAND WAYS OF USING MOTIVATIONAL THEORIES IN ORGANISATIONS3.1 Impact of leadership styles in organizations..........................................................................93.2 Different motivational theories at workplace.......................................................................103.3 Usefulness of motivational theory for managers..................................................................11LO4- UNDERSTAND MECHANISM FOR DEVELOPING EFFECTIVE TEAMWORK IN ORGANISATIONS4.1 Nature of groups in organizations........................................................................................124.2 Factors that promote effective team development...............................................................134.3 Impact of technology on team working................................................................................13Conclusion.....................................................................................................................................14References......................................................................................................................................152
IntroductionOrganization behavior (OB) is the conceptual study of human behavior in anorganization. Employees are the assets of the company it is essential that they like the workplaceand be loyal towards the firm. OB supports the entities in identifying their attitude towards thebrand and helps to make them positive towards the corporation (T’ng, Baharudin and Ismail,2015). This study is applied in order to improve performance of the workers so that theycontribute well in the organization and supports the firm in accomplishing their goals andobjectives. Present report is based on the City College and Enterprise-Rent-a-car. Assignmentwill focus on the organizational structure and culture of the cited firms. Various factors that influence the individual behavior will be discussed in this study.Leadership styles adopted by both firm and their impact on the organization will be described inthis report (Akowe, 2016). Comparison of different motivational theories and their usefulness forthe entities will be discussed in this assignment. Various components that may promote thedevelopment of effective team will be illustrated in the present study.Task 1LO1- UNDERSTAND THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN ORGANISATIONAL STRUCTURE AND CULTURE1.1 Compare and contrast of structure and culture of organizationPerformance of an entity much more depends upon its structure and culture. Organizational structure can be described as working pattern of a corporation, hierarchical arrangement of authorities and how communication takes place in an entity. That is completely based on the goal and objective of the firms. City College and Enterprise both follow different organizational structures (Ghadimi, Nega and Nikraz, 2015). There comparison is as following:Enterprise-Rent-a-CarCity CollegeIt follows the centralized structure.It follows decentralized structureMeaning:It is followed by the large firms which areworking worldwide in differentgeographical areas. In such type ofstructure higher authorities retain allMeaning: In such type of structure decision makingpower are distributed and variousmanagement level persons are accountablefor the judgment.3
powers to take any decision.In such type of structure, communicationflow is vertical. As in the Enterprisehigher authorities do not coordinate withthe lower staff directly, they informdepartment head and so on informationpass to next level employee (Shallice,2014).In the City college open and freecommunication held between employeesand employer.Inadequate control over the staff membersis done in the workplace.Considerable control over the employees.Strong supervision of managers is here.In this people are skill so managers havenurturing nature towards their workers.It is necessary to follow the rules andregulations in the cited firm.Flexibility is provided by the authorities totheir employees so that they likeworkplace and perform better.CultureCulture of an organization can be described as values, believes and ethics of the firm.Health cultures in the workplace help in creating positive workplace where people can feelsatisfy. Handy has described the four types of culture; power, role, personal and task culture.College has power culture in which everyone gets learning opportunity (Lambert and Blackmore,2015). All perform their duties individually and fulfill their responsibilities well so that goal ofthe company can be accomplished. Flexibility in the workplace encourages others and they share their innovative viewsthrough which teachers can deliver good knowledge to the students. Enterprise is the bigorganization and operating in many geographical areas. It is very important for the cited firm tomanage their employees well and make effective coordination among them so that conflicts canbe minimized to great extent. Entity follows role culture in which all persons have to performtheir duties. Managers give them responsibility as per their capability and position in thecompany (Wilson, 2016). Role culture helps in reducing confusion in the workplace andperformance of workers. By this way firm will be able to achieve its goal significantly.1.2 Correlation between structure and cultureOrganizational structure and culture are interrelated aspects and impact on each other togreat extent. If structure of the company is poor then culture would not be able to create healthy4
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