Organisation Behaviour and people management

Running head: ORGANISATION BEHAVIOUR AND PEOPLE MANAGEMENT
Organisation Behaviour and people management
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ORGANISATION BEHAVIOUR AND PEOPLE MANAGEMENT
Table of Contents
Case study background..............................................................................................................3
Reason for choosing one leadership style over another leadership style...................................3
Tools and techniques used by PM to influence the project team members...............................3
Tools and techniques used for managing communication.........................................................4
5 types of power to keep team members motivated to work collaboratively.............................4
Methods for developing self-managed teams for Agile projects...............................................4
Reasons for selecting the approaches.........................................................................................5
Steps undertaken by Project manager to resolve issues and challenges faced by team
members.....................................................................................................................................5
References..................................................................................................................................5

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ORGANISATION BEHAVIOUR AND PEOPLE MANAGEMENT
Case study background
The topic analyses the case study of Ecological Wastewater Solutions Pty Ltd to
manage organisational behaviour and manage people within the workplace to establish
smooth business functioning. The organization is found to be associated with the
management of projects and thus various team members have been collaboratively working
together with guidance from the Project manager or PM to ensure consistent progress of the
project (Knies & Leisink, 2014). The topic also highlights the importance of leadership
support during the management of project as well and tis will assist us to gain in-depth
understanding about the various tools and techniques used to influence team members and
also determine the major reasons for selecting an appropriate style of leadership too.
Reason for choosing one leadership style over another leadership style
From the case study, it is understood that Ecological Wastewater Solutions Pty Ltd
wants to service domestic as well as commercial systems all over the Asia Pacific and
Australian region and has even aimed at expanding into new and challenging markets. To do
so, the company has considered the technological systems and Enterprise Resource planning
aspects to maintain a new organisational structure where various sets of skills of staffs are
managed wisely too (Alfes et al., 2013). The leadership team has focused on something more
other than just the services delivered, including the learning of other aspects such as keeping
the environment safe and even managing the safety and health of employees during the
project undertaking too. The democratic leadership style could be chosen considering the
Project manager’s role in acquiring the opinions and views of the employees, which has made
them feel valued to the organisation. According to Tost, Gino & Larrick (2013), the
autocratic leadership style is not favourable because it uses higher authority, power and
control to manage the staffs, which has not been done here, rather focus has been on