Report on Organisational Behaviour of BBC

Organisational behaviour

Table of Contents
INTRODUCTION...........................................................................................................................1
Task 1...............................................................................................................................................1
P1 (a) Handy cultural typology (1986) and earlier culture of BBC............................................1
P1 (b) How culture, power and politics affects behaviour within BBC in recent past and today.
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TASK 2............................................................................................................................................3
P2 (a) Theories of motivation.....................................................................................................3
P2 (b) Theories and techniques used to improve the effectiveness in teams of BBC.................5
P2 (c) How improved level of motivation help in achieving the goals of BBC.........................6
TASK 3............................................................................................................................................7
P3 (a) Types of teams in BBC.....................................................................................................7
P3 (b) Theories makes teams in BBC effective..........................................................................8
TASK 4............................................................................................................................................9
P4 (a) Using organisational theory help in improving team performance and productivity in
BBC.............................................................................................................................................9
P4 (b) Barriers to effective performance within BBC................................................................9
CONCLUSION..............................................................................................................................10
REFERENCES..............................................................................................................................11

INTRODUCTION
Organisational behaviour is the study of human behaviour of the workers in organisation.
It is the study of interactions between the workers and the organisation. The organisational
behaviour can be studied in three ways which can be defined as study of individuals of the
organisation, study of individual groups in organisation and the study of behaviour of
organisation. In this report we are going to study the organisational behaviour of British
broadcasting corporation (BBC) which is statutory corporation. BBC is a mass media company
of United Kingdom (UK) established in 18th October 1922 by John Reith. BBC provides the
television, radio and online services worldwide. The products produced by is broadcasting, radio
and web portals. We study the affect of culture, politics and power on BBC and also how the
workforce of BBC can be motivated. We also study the different teams in BBC and their
effectiveness. The philosophies of organisational behaviour in different situations in BBC.
Task 1
P1 (a) Handy cultural typology (1986) and earlier culture of BBC.
Handy cultural typology is given by Charles Handy who born in 1932. Charles is the well
known philosopher of organisational culture (McShane, 2007). This model describe that the
culture of organisation can be classified in 4 types i.e. the power culture, the task culture, the
person culture and the role culture.
 The power culture : In some organisation the power is in the hands of few people who
are authorised to take decisions. The main decisions of organisation is taken by only few
peoples who are on the good positions (Mullins, 2007). In this type of culture the
employees follow the order of their superiors. Employees are not free to share their views
or suggestions related to any topic. In this culture employees are judged on the basis of
what they achieve and not on the basis of their work. In such culture the managers can be
partial towards their favourite employees.
 The task culture : This culture is followed by such organisation which is formed to
complete some tasks. There are 4 to 5 members in such organisation who are equal in
their skills and interests. The members work equally to complete the tasks and the tasks
should be completed in a most innovative manner.

 The person culture : In this culture of organisation the employees feels they are the most
important elements of the organisation. According to this culture the employees think
about their interests first and then think about the interests of organisation.
 The role culture : In this culture employees delegated their roles and responsibilities on
the basis of their skill, qualification and knowledge. In this culture employees decided to
be the part of that work which they can do in the best manner.
The culture followed in BBC according the Handy cultural typology is the power culture.
In BBC there are cases of bullying and harassment of employees. That mean the top managers
are bullying the employees by giving them load of work (McKenna, 2000). The activities of
employees of BBC are controlled by some top managers who take the decisions in BBC. The
power of operations and employees are in the hands of top managers of BBC. The complaints of
staff related to the working environment or bullying and harassment practices is not listened in
BBC which demotivated the employees. The BBC culture also includes the criticism while
making payment of salary on the basis of gender. This kind of practices in organisation generate
disinterests among employees and this also started increasing rate of employees turnover from
BBC.
P1 (b) How culture, power and politics affects behaviour within BBC in recent past and today.
The culture, power and policies have great impact on the working of BBC in past as well
as in present. In past the culture of BBC is negatively affected by power and politics but in 2015
the BBC has the new director general who change the culture of BBC where now power and
politics has positive impacts.
 Power : The power in BBC in past is used to threaten the employees of BBC. The
powerful authority of BBC force employees to do work by scaring them for job loss and
other punishments (Rollinson, 2008). The authority provides benefits to the employees on
the basis favouritism and not on the basis of their hard work. This will not only decrease
the quality of work but also increases the rate of employees turnover. But when new
director is joined to BBC the meaning of power in BBC is changed. Now in BBC the
power is delegated to employees (Robbins, 2001). The power to take decision is given to
employees, rewards are given to employees for their good work and appoint strong
employees to control other employees. This gesture of director build confidence among