Organisation Behaviour: Influence of Culture, Politics and Power on Behaviour in an Organisational Context

Organization Behaviour

Table of Content.
INTRODUCTION...........................................................................................................................1
MAIN BODY...................................................................................................................................1
Analyse the influence of culture, politics and power on the behaviour of others in an
organisational context..................................................................................................................1
TASK 2 ...........................................................................................................................................4
Evaluate how content and process theories of motivation & motivational approaches, access in
effective attainment of goals in an organisational relation..........................................................4
Critically evaluate how to influence the behaviour of others through the effective application
of behavioural motivational theories, concepts and models........................................................6
Illustrate an understanding of what can establish an effective team, as opposition to an
ineffective team............................................................................................................................6
TASK 4............................................................................................................................................8
Apply concepts and philosophies of organisational behaviour within an organizational context
and given business situation.........................................................................................................8
CONCLUSION................................................................................................................................9
REFERENCES..............................................................................................................................11

INTRODUCTION
The organization behaviour is refers to the academic study that associated with the
examining as well as analysis of the human behaviour in the organization. The organisation
behaviour is assist in the understand and predict organisational life and also develops the
understanding for activities in the organization (Abdirahman, 2018). It has a great requirement
and importance to motivate the workers and and maintain interrelations in the organisation. The
organization behaviour is directly concerned with the understanding, prediction as well as
control of the human behaviour in the organisation. This report is based on the Waitrose which is
a brand of the British supermarkets. This firm is founded in 1904 as Waite, Rose & Taylor
which are refers as Wairose. It is deals with the quality groceries, inspiring recipes and the
headquarter is situated in Bracknell and Victoria, England. This method is includes the
motivation techniques to motivate the workers and teams for achievement of the goals as well as
objectives (Kornberger and Mantere, 2020).
MAIN BODY
Analyse the influence of culture, politics and power on the behaviour of others in an
organisational context
The organisation culture is the collection of values, expectation as well as practices that
guide the inform the actions of all team members. These are help in the identification and
understand the performance of the worker and team in the organization. These aspects are are
shows the negative as well as positive impact on the overall performance of the organization.
Influence of power on individual & team
The power is refer to the those ability which affect the behaviour of the employees with
or without resistance by using a variety of strategies to push or promote actions. The individual
with power are able to control others behaviours to attain the goals as well as objectives. The
power is affect the people and team in the make decisions and impose the changes with in the
process of the organization (Oreg and Berson, 2019). In relation to Waitrose, there are such
theories are present which are mentioned as:
 Coercive power: This power is a ability that allows an authority figure to influence
another individual to deliver a result by using fear and threats as insensitive. This is the
way to influence individual to do something by using a possible punishment as a
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motivation. In relation to Waitrose, this power is used by the manager and higher
authority which ensure the effectiveness and completion of the given task to worker.
 Legitimate power: This is the formal authority which is given to the individual who
occupy the particular position within an organization. In relation to Waitrose, this power
is being acknowledged by the subordinates and these are create the sense of order as well
as adds structure to the working environment (Dill and Zambrana, 2020).
 Expert power: This is a types of power that comes from having a high level of
knowledge within area of expertise. This have ability to influence the worker at
organizational level. In context to Waitrose, these are ensure the development as well as
growth of the organization.
 Referent power: Referent power is a kind of power or influence that comes from being
liked or admire it and cannot be forced or assigned. In context to Waitrose, this power is
given to the manager as well as leaders who can influence the workers for their batter
performance.
 Informational power: This power is a form of personal or collective power that is based
on controlling information needed by others in order to reach an important goal. The
respective organisation Waitrose giving power to the higher authority who are associated
with the brand image (Van Rooy, 2020).
 Reward power: It is a simple power which explains the capacity of the offered reward or
such advantages in order to dealing with several task. The manager of Waitrose are
giving the incentives and advantages to the workers for the obedience as well as
compliance of the organization's targets.
Influence of politics on individual & team
Politics is refer to the unreasoning behaviour of the people at the work place which lower
the output of an individual as well as eventually affects the productivity of the organisation. The
individual who play politics within working area pay less attention to their work and these are
more interested in leg pulling and back biting. These may lead in the creating the negative
environment within the organization. There are several aspects which are influence the politics
within Waitrose are mentioned as:
 Decrease in the productivity: Politics lower the output of an individual and eventually
affects the productivity of the organisation. That may lead to vanish the individual target
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