Role of Culture in Organisational Behaviour

Organisational
Behaviour

Executive Summary
Organisational behaviour is related with the way in which an individual behave in a work
environment and also determine its impact on job structure, performance, communication,
motivation, leadership etc. Organisational behaviour must be studied as it help in determining the
factors which affect performance of employees in company so that effective leadership,
motivation, culture, policies, structure etc. can be established which can help in enhancing
employee performance. In this report the role of culture on work performance and how effective
communication can be improved in organisation will be discussed. Also the motivational
theories and the role of culture in success of organisation will also be explained in this report.

Table of Contents
Executive Summary.........................................................................................................................2
Table of Contents.............................................................................................................................3
Introduction......................................................................................................................................4
Main Body.......................................................................................................................................4
1. Identify organisational culture in line with theoretical model............................................4
2.How culture improves organisational effectiveness with a focus on communication........6
3. Role of culture on employee motivation............................................................................7
4. Using culture to enhance organisational success................................................................9
Conclusion.....................................................................................................................................10
References......................................................................................................................................11

Introduction
Organisation behaviour is a study and application of individual as well as group
knowledge that determine how they act in an organisation (Imrie and Herrmann, 2017). It assist
in denoting that how employee perform and behave in the workplace. A study of organisation
behaviour helps to develop an understanding of some important aspects as employee motivation,
workplace culture, employee relationship and their aspects that aid in improving their
performance. This report is based in Tesco which is a British multinational groceries retailer
which was founded in the year of 1919 by Jack Cohen. This report is going to determine
organisational culture and its effectiveness on organisational communication and employee
motivation. Further, it will also define that how culture of an organisation enhances opportunity
to get success easily.
Main Body
1. Identify organisational culture in line with theoretical model
Organizational culture is a set of principles, perceptions and beliefs that control how
individual represent themselves within organizations. Such common beliefs influence the people
inside the company strongly and control them that how they behave and perform their jobs. Each
and every organisation has its own culture that represents its working activity and individual’s
performance (James, 2017). Tesco have a working culture in which individual perform to set
their target goals and objectives. Greet Hofstede indicated that some regional and national factors
contribute to the culture of an organisation that eventually affect employee’s actions within the
company. According to Hofstede model there are five different factors that influence the
workplace culture directly as:
 Power distance: This element reflects the degree in which unequal distribution of power
are accepted. In some of the organisations, it prevailing acceptance of difference between
superiors and subordinates. For example of in Tesco, team leader and manager are
responsible to allot respective task to their team members. In this regard, members of
team also have to report to their superiors and have to respect them. In this type of culture
seniors enjoyed a special power that management assign to them. On the other hand in
some of the organisations, each and every employees is accountable for his own
performance they are not required to report any superior to assign them task.