Organisation Behaviour: Importance of Culture and Motivation at Workplace

Organisation Behaviour

TABLE OF CONTENTS
INTRODUCTION...........................................................................................................................3
MAIN BODY..................................................................................................................................3
PART – 1.........................................................................................................................................3
Importance of Organisational Culture and Motivation at Workplace:........................................3
Organisational Cultures and Motivational Theories:...................................................................4
Influence of Theories on the Organisational Behaviour & Performance:...................................5
Recommendations:......................................................................................................................6
Overview of the Organisation:.....................................................................................................7
PART 2............................................................................................................................................7
Theories and concepts for analysation of team dynamics, roles and behaviour..........................7
Benefits of teamwork...................................................................................................................8
Benefits of teamwork as a leader.................................................................................................9
Critical analysation of development theories for effective teamwork.......................................10
Examination of two concepts or model of organizational behaviour........................................11
Critical reflection on value and relevance of effective team working.......................................11
CONCLUSION..............................................................................................................................12
REFERENCES..............................................................................................................................14

INTRODUCTION
Organizational behaviour is the academic study of how the people interact within the
groups. This is the study that helps the business in making it better for the better and more
effective operations. In this project the selected organization is Unilever which is a British
multinational consumer goods company with headquarters in London. Unilever products include
food, condiments, ice cream, cleaning agents, beauty products and other personal care products.
This project is going to be analysing the influence of the culture, politics and power on the
behaviour of the other in an organizational context. This project will also be evaluating the ways
in which they can be motivated in order to be able to achieve the goals that have been made.
MAIN BODY
PART – 1
Importance of Organisational Culture and Motivation at Workplace:
The summation of an organisation’s values, objectives, mission and objectives which are
guiding the employees working in it is referred to as Organisational Culture. Organisational
culture in place means a well – structured system which will result in the gaining success which
it has aimed and targeted to achieve. Therefore, certain reasons of such importance of
organizational culture is as follows:

 Enhanced engagement of employee – The engagement of employees towards their duties
and responsibilities increases and becomes effective when the environment at the workplace
is organisationally cultured.
 Increased productivity – The employees tend to be more productive and will be performing
well when they have access to required resources and tools which becomes possible through
effective organisational culture.
 Strong brand – The reputation and public image of the organisation is represented by the
organisational culture in place.
 Harmonized team culture – The decision making process is effectively guided and the
workflows are improved through the help of efficient organisational culture which will help
the teams to be more harmonized and overcome sense of ambiguity.
Another aspect to be addressed at the workplace is the sense of motivation among the
employees working which will be deciding the level of innovation, commitment and energy an
employee will be bringing in the organisation (Gautama So and et.al., 2018). So the importance
of such importance among the employees is explained as follows:
 More innovation – Rewarding and benefiting the employees will allow them to be more
innovative and this will inculcate a feeling of being appreciated and supported by the
company and resultantly, they will be challenging themselves to work more efficiently.
 Reduced absentees – Motivation among the employees will naturally lead to reduced
absenteeism among the employees. This will be possible through serious acknowledgement
of the teams and its members and managing their workload and wellbeing.
 Lower staff turnover – Employees who will be motivated to work in the organisation will
not be leaving the organisation so early and resultantly, the employee turnover will be
reduced significantly.
 Enhanced reputation – Strong internal brand image of the organisation is very essential
among the employees to keep them motivated and well – performing.
Organisational Cultures and Motivational Theories:
Now, it shall be noted that there are various theories which ascertains how the behaviour
of an individual is affected by such motivation in both the personal and professional spaces
(Erthal and Marques, 2018). This means that these theories are important to every aspect of
society but is crucially relevant in case of business and management as motivation will lead to