Organisational Behavior Assignment - BBC
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Added on 2020-09-17
Organisational Behavior Assignment - BBC
Added on 2020-09-17
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ORGANISATIONAL BEHAVIOR
ContentsINTRODUCTION...........................................................................................................................1TASK 1............................................................................................................................................1a) Identify and discuss the earlier organizational culture within the BBC as observed by the Smith review using Handy’s cultural typology (1986)................................................................1b) Analyze how culture, power and politics overall have affected the behavior within the BBC in the recent past and today.........................................................................................................2TASK 2............................................................................................................................................3a) Content and process theories of motivation............................................................................3b) How theories of motivation may help to improve the effectiveness of teams within BBC...3c) How will improved level of motivation aid in achieving goals of BBC?...............................4TASK 3............................................................................................................................................5a) Identify and explain the different types of teams within the BBC and why having different types of teams are important........................................................................................................5b) With reference to Tuckman model of team development explain what makes an effective team in the BBC...........................................................................................................................7TASK 4............................................................................................................................................8a) Using an appropriate organizational concept/theory (such as path-goal theory) suggest how team performance and productivity could be improved within the BBC....................................8b) What have been the main barriers to effective performance within the BBC?.......................9CONCLUSION................................................................................................................................9REFERENCES..............................................................................................................................10
Figure 1 Power culture.....................................................................................................................4Figure 2 Different type of teams in BBC.........................................................................................8Figure 3 Tuckman team...................................................................................................................9
INTRODUCTION Organizational behavior can be defined as the study of how employees think and behaveas well as impact they put on the overall working of organization. It is very important for firmsto study organizational behavior as it aids to understand the nature and activities of employees sothat they can be motivated in a proper manner and overall performance of company can then beenhanced (Němečková, 2017). The current study deal with organizational behavior of BBC(British Broadcasting Corporation) which is one of the oldest broadcasting firms in the world andis headquartered in London. Its overall working is based on the purpose being "bringing UnitedKingdom to the world and "bringing the world to United Kingdom (About BBC, 2017). Thepresent study has made an attempt to assess the organizational culture practiced at BBC with thehelp of a case study. Focus has also been given on the concepts of motivation and team work thatis present within the organization. TASK 1a) Identify and discuss the earlier organizational culture within the BBC as observed by theSmith review using Handy’s cultural typology (1986). Figure 1 Power culture(Source: Bakker, 2017)The earlier organizational culture within BBC as per Smith’s review stands out to be ofpower culture where authority was in the hands of few senior managers who influenced a controlon the entire organization. The managers were tough and abrasive that resulted in low morale1
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