Organisation Behaviour: Influence of Culture, Politics and Power on Performance of Team and Individuals

Organisation
Behaviour

Table of Contents
INTRODUCTION...........................................................................................................................1
MAIN BODY...................................................................................................................................1
Task 1...............................................................................................................................................1
P1. Illustrate about organisation culture, politics and power influence performance of team
and individuals............................................................................................................................1
Task 2...............................................................................................................................................5
P2. Discuss content process theory of motivation techniques....................................................5
Task 3...............................................................................................................................................7
P3. Discuss the effective and ineffective team of an organisation. ............................................7
Task 4...............................................................................................................................................9
P4. Analyse concept of OB philosophies with leadership style..................................................9
CONCLUSION..............................................................................................................................13
References:.....................................................................................................................................14
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INTRODUCTION
Organisation behaviour is a concept that is related with study of those important elements
which have an impact on individual and team behaviour at workplace. It is basically a systematic
study of an application of knowledge about of an individual and better group acts within better
organisation work effectively. Organisation behaviour measures the human behaviour of staff
who perform different roles and contribute for company success plan. It is very important that
there should be a proper flow of communication at workplace that ensure effective
implementation of overall business activities. This practice support an organisation with
employees contribution generate positive outcomes and customer satisfaction. In this report, the
organisation is selected Marks and Spencer which is a British multinational retailer with
headquarter in London, England. It specialises in selling of clothing, home and food products. As
following report is covering influence of culture, politics and power organisation on performance
on team and individual basis. Further, different theories of motivation that can be used by
manager of Marks and Spencer to motivate employees to perform well as workplace is also
included in this.
MAIN BODY
Task 1.
P1. Illustrate about organisation culture, politics and power influence performance of team and
individuals.
As the organisation behaviour is study about understand of human behaviour at
workplace. This helps to measure overall factors that impact on performance of employees at
workplace. In organisation, there are three major aspects are Culture, Power and politics that
these factors so proper strategies to formulate for develop staff's productivity. Thus, overall
elements which can be better understood by following description.
Culture: In organisation, culture depicts to the values shared by manager to make ensure
employees get better understand about organisation's culture. It majorly covers assumptions,
values, belief and norms. This reflect about process of management to outside factors. In
perspective of Marks and Spencer, company is having their culture impact on individual and
team working performance to measure by manager.
Types of culture in organisation through Handy model:
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 Power Culture: In organisation, a power culture is the place where power held in with
few individuals. People of power decide about what exactly need to execute as well as
employees follows that set of rules and regulation. For manager of Marks and Spencer,
ensure about the power should be better distribute fairly among of all individual to
motivate them.
 Task Culture: According to this type of organisation culture, team are formed to perform
specific projects to highlight issues at workplace. As task plays an important role in
which company forms effective team to accomplish task. On the basis of culture about
this type make influence employees to work well as team to accomplish set business
goals.
 Role culture: It is another type of culture that related with rules. In this, every employee
remain aware about their specific roles and responsibilities. The power of individual that
define by its position in company. The disadvantages of this culture that creates decision
making process which become very less efficiency of individual and team performance
working in company. Person Culture: In person culture, individual see themselves as better form towards the
enterprise. In perspective of organisation this culture specifically follows better improve
performance of company and individual working in company.
Evaluation:
On the above Handy's culture implies on Marks and Spencer company, their management
team follows Task Culture. Because company manager and leader make their employees task
oriented effective employee. This culture would impact on individual get motivates by manager
and team get influence from this culture as they coordinate with their other member.
Hofstede’s dimensions of culture:
According to this model, it consist six dimensions which could be use to distinguish one
culture from other and overall points that can be better understood to better elaborate as:
 Power Index: This dimension of culture depicts the degree of specific individual who
has inequality either with power or not. On high power is define the centralised
organisation among with large and hierarchical gaps. It is different from Opposite of
the low distance index highlight flatter organisation in which both employees and
superiors are considered equal.
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