Impact of Power, Politics, Culture, and Motivation on Organizational Behavior

This document analyzes the impact of power, politics, culture, and motivation on behavior and performance in organizations. It discusses how different types of power, positive and negative politics, and various cultural factors influence employee behavior. Additionally, it explores motivational theories and techniques that enable organizations to achieve their objectives. The document also evaluates the relationship between power, politics, culture, and motivation and their contribution to organizational success.

Organisational
Behaviour

Contents
Part 1.....................................................................................................................................................3
P1 Analysis of how organisation’s power, politics and culture impact on behaviour and
performance of teams and individual...............................................................................................3
M1 Critical analysis of how power, politics & culture influence on team and individual
performance and behaviour.............................................................................................................5
TASK 2.................................................................................................................................................5
P2 Content and process theories of motivation along with motivational techniques that enable
attainment of organisational objectives...........................................................................................5
M2 Critical evaluation of how to influence behaviour of others by motivational theories and
concept as well.................................................................................................................................7
D1 Critical evaluation of relationship among power, politics, culture and motivation that help
company to gain success..................................................................................................................8
PART 2..................................................................................................................................................8
TASK 3.................................................................................................................................................8
P3 Effective and Ineffective teams..................................................................................................8
M3 Analysis of suitable team and group development theories in order to support dynamic
cooperation.......................................................................................................................................8
TASK 4.................................................................................................................................................9
P4 Concepts and philosophies of organisation behaviour...............................................................9
M4 Evaluation of how concepts as well as philosophies of organisational Behaviour influence
behaviour in negative and positive way.........................................................................................10
D2 Critically evaluate relevance of team development theories in relation to concepts and
philosophies of Organisational behaviour that impact behaviour at workplace............................10
CONCLUSION...................................................................................................................................11
REFERENCES...................................................................................................................................12

INTRODUCTION
Organisational behaviour is termed as a procedure that examines behaviour of teams as well
as individuals prevailing within a company. Along with this, it is the study for gaining insight about
behaviour and performance of employees in an effective manner. It consist of both internal as well
as external factors that has impact on productivity and performance level of a business entity
(Balwant, 2018). For the present report, Sainsbury’s is taken into consideration. It is a multinational
supermarket and retailing company that is located in United Kingdom. The company was
established in year 1869 and at present it has presence in more than 15 countries. Sainsbury’s has
around 1500 shops that is managed and operated by around 1,50,000 skilled and effective staff
members. The report involves the influence of power, culture and politics on attitude and behaviour
of employees and teams as well. Along with this, motivational theories were discussed that help in
attaining organisational objective. Furthermore, effective and ineffective teams along with team
development theories were explained. In the last, concepts and philosophies of organisational
behaviour is elaborated in context to respective organisation.
Part 1
TASK 1
P1 Analysis of how organisation’s power, politics and culture impact on behaviour and performance
of teams and individual
It is analysed that organisational behaviour directly impact on the performance as well as
productivity of an organisation. In addition to this, there are various factors that impact on
behaviour and performance of teams as well as individuals and these are culture, politics and power
as well. This factors along with their impact is given below:
Power
It is defined as a capability of an individual to perform as well as manage activities and
assigning task in an effective manner. It is determined that in every organisation the power is
manage and control by the higher authorities which is directors, managers and so on. As per the
view point of French and Raven, power is mainly of five types, which are as follows:
Reward power- In this type of power, the top level authorities have the right to provide
rewards, appreciation, recognition to the staff members as per their performance level. In context to
Sainsbury’s, its higher authorities give appreciation to staff members according to the skills as well
as capabilities. This help company to develop a positive working environment that has positive
influence on productivity and profitability of the organisation.

Coercive power- Herein, managers force employees or subordinates to follow all the
instruction as well rules assigned to them in an appropriate manner (Chou, 2019). In relation to
Sainsbury’s, adoption of such type of power create a negative mind set of staff members and reduce
the efficiency and productivity of company.
Legitimate power- In this power, the authority of taking decision is in the hands of few
people such as owners, CEO, managers and so on. They decide how to delegate the responsibility
and to whom they are required to assign. With reference to Sainsbury’s, such type of power develop
confusion and creates issue in the mind set of employees that impact on the performance in a
negative manner.
Expert Power- Herein, the power of taking decision is in control of experts associated with
the specific field. It enhance the performance and morale of staff members of Sainsbury’s. Along
with this, it develop positive mind-set as they are working with experts which in turn enhance skills
and profit of company.
From the above discussion, it is determine that one of the most feasible as well as
appropriate form of power that assist in motivating staff members is Reward Power. In addition to
this, this develop the positive mind set of staff members due to which they work with full potential
to attain organisational objectives within given time period.
Politics
It is the process which arise between the people when they interact and communicate to
other people prevailing in the company. It is analysed that politics of two types that is negative and
positive politics. If it is talking about Sainsbury’s, occurrence of negative politics create issues
among staff members and also decline the level of trust of employees towards the company (Lee,
Nie and Bai, 2020). In addition to this, it also arise competition in employees in order to perform
better than other and sometimes staff members take issues personally that directly impact on
performance of respective organisation in a negative manner. It is significant for company to ensure
that positive politics take place in organisation as it has positive influence on productivity and
profitability of company due to which objectives are attained on time period.
Culture
It is defined as values, norms, opinion, beliefs, ideologies and so on of an organisation. It is
determine that culture has both positive and negative impact on performance and employees as
well. It is significant for an organisation to emphasis on developing positive working culture so that
employees feel satisfied and valued at workplace. According to Hnady’s typology, culture is mainly
of four types that is given below:
Task culture: According to this form of culture, the task is divide in staff members with an
aim to complete it in a timely and effective manner. Adoption of such type of culture by Sainsbury’s

increase the attitude as well as behaviour of employees and teams. Along with this, it also help
company to attain objectives and strengthen its market performance in a proper manner.
Power culture- In such form of culture, few members of company has right to take decision
and to control it properly. In context to chosen organisation, power culture develop negativity in
mind set of employees and also decline the level of creativity and performance of staff members.
This directly impact on overall growth and performance in an negative manner.
Role culture- Herein, the activities is assigned by higher authorities according to the
qualification, knowledge, experience, skills and interest area of staff members (Miao, 2020). This
assist company such as Sainsbury’s to make employees to put their efforts in meeting with the
targets on time period. In addition to this, it enhance the performance and efficiency of employees
towards working that leads to raise in profit and revenue of the organisation.
From the above discussion, it is stated that Role culture is effective and beneficial for
Sainsbury’s to adopt as it help in implementation of activities and operations in a smooth and
effective manner because of interest and skills of employees of respective organisation.
M1 Critical analysis of how power, politics & culture influence on team and individual performance
and behaviour
It is analysed that reward power motivate employees to work with full zeal in order to attain
objectives within given time frame. In addition to this, it impact positively on performance and
behaviour of employees. In addition to this, development of positive politics maintain a positive
working environment within the organisation that has positive influence on performance and
efficiency of company. Role culture assist higher authorities to assign task according the skills and
capabilities of employees. This arise the interest level of staff members towards working which
leads to development of positive behaviour of teams and individuals as well.
TASK 2
P2 Content and process theories of motivation along with motivational techniques that enable
attainment of organisational objectives
Employee motivation is considered as the level of strategy and energy that must be provided
within employees of business organisation. It is important for management team to motivate it
subordinate in order to increase efficiency level within company. The management team of
Sainsbury focuses on motivating its subordinate for achieving goals as well as objective in timely
manner. It helps in assessing needs or wants of subordinate and how to enhance their satisfaction or
motivation level. There are two kinds of motivation which is given to it subordinate like intrinsic as

well as extrinsic that help in bringing positive ambience within business organisation.
Intrinsic Motivation Extrinsic Motivation
It is considered as a type of motivation that that
helps an individual person to motivate without
any types of additional efforts. It is type of
motivation that is considered as a quiet rare but
advantageous for company.
Extrinsic motivation is a motivation that comes
from different external elements such as
rewards, position, success and many more
Motivational Theories: there different kind of theory which is identified for motivation of
employees. Therefore, it is necessary to motivate employees in order to increase the productivity
level in future period of time. There are different kinds of motivation theory that is used by
supervisor of Sainsbury that is going to be mentioned below:
Maslow's Hierarchy Theory: this is considered as appropriate theory which is founded by
American philosopher in year of 1954. There are basically 5 level included in this theory that is
going to be mentioned below:
Psychological need this is considered as a first stage of this model. It involves all the basic
need of an individual person that must be fulfilled in timely manner (Muchiri, Shahid and Ayoko,
2019). The need of individual person must be satisfied in order to perform work within business
organisation. The basic need involves water, shelter, air and many more that help in encouraging
subordinate for achieving goal in timely manner.
Safety and security need the next level of this model involve safety need, it is necessary for
individual person to have security within business organisation. There are various kind of security
or safety provided to its employees of Sainsbury such as job security, medical benefits and many
more that help them in performing their work in timely manner.
Social need The individual person has satisfied with the above-mentioned need then it is
necessary for individual person to satisfy its social need. As per this theory, individual person
focuses on satisfying their social needs such as emotional peace of mind, social recognition and
many more. In reference of Sainsbury, the subordinate are offered all advantages in order to build
good reputation within society.
Self esteem need according to this level individual have high esteem and need of self respect.
This feeling comes in the mind of an individual person when all the problems or issues have
resolved in an appropriate manner. The manager of Sainsbury provides appraisal or rewards to
subordinate in order to motivate them.
Self actualization need in this level, the person focus is on achieving all need in an appropriate

manner. Sainsbury make sure that they perform work in an appropriate manner in order to
accomplish all above mentioned need. In this stage the self-actualization need is achieved.
Vroom expectancy theory: This theory was given by Victor room in 1964. There are three
factors that are going to be mentioned below:
Expectancy as per this, every subordinate required increasing quality of his work in order to
increase productivity level in future period of time. The subordinates are not able for performing
their task in an appropriate manner than their task or work is getting affected. It has been analysed
that every employee focuses on increasing their performance level that is fulfilled only by executing
high quality of work.
Instrumentality a person is getting motivated for performing different task in an appropriate
manner. The manager of Sainsbury focuses on taking participation of an individual person in taking
decisions within business organisation.
Valence according to these elements, every individual focuses on taking various experiences.
The subordinate of Sainsbury are getting motivated by assessing the requirement in an appropriate
manner. The rewards or incentives are given to them according to their level of performance. There
are different kinds of benefits to it subordinate for increasing their motivational level. The provide
support to perform their work in an appropriate manner during particular phase of time period.
In reference of Sainsbury, there are approx 440000 subordinate working in company. The
company offer attention to it subordinate and also manage HR department in order to achieve
favourable outcome in future period of time. The company faces different kind of problem in
relation to its worker than they adopt motivational theory in order to influencing the motivation
level of worker. There are different kinds of benefits to it subordinate for increasing their
motivational level. The provide support to perform their work in an appropriate manner during
particular phase of time period.
M2 Critical evaluation of how to influence behaviour of others by motivational theories and concept
as well.
It is evaluated that Maslow’s theory of motivation help an organisation to fulfil the
requirements of employees due to which they feel valued and important at workplace. In addition to
this, Vrooms Expectancy theory assist in providing equal pay and benefits to employees according
to their performance level. This develop positive behaviour and attitude of staff members towards
attainment of organisational objectives and goals as well.

D1 Critical evaluation of relationship among power, politics, culture and motivation that help
company to gain success
It is critically evaluated that there is relationship between power, culture, politics and
motivation which help an organisation to attain higher growth and success at marketplace. Using of
role culture and reward power motivates staff members to work with more efficiency and
implement activities in a proper manner, which directly leads to increase in market performance and
profitability of the company.
PART 2
TASK 3
P3 Effective and Ineffective teams
Team define as a group of individuals working in a team so that they can attain a common
organizational goal. There are usually two types of team effective as well as ineffective teams. In
context of effective team they usually work for a specific goal which are communicated in an
effective manner among the workplace (Rawabdeh, 2019). On the other hand, in case of ineffective
team there are lack of communication between teams and do not have defined goals and objectives.
Difference between effective and ineffective team are going to be discussed as follows:
Effective Team Ineffective Team
Effective team help in finding the strengths of
all the team mates which aid them in
developing strong team.
On the other hand, in case of ineffective team
they do not try to understand and identify the
skills and capabilities of there team members.
In relation to the effective team, all the
members of team allocate their tasks as per
their strength as well as capabilities.
In context of ineffective team, team members
are unaware about their task which leads to
failure of their targets.
M3 Analysis of suitable team and group development theories in order to support dynamic
cooperation
Tuckman Team Development Theory – It is a theory which emphasises on the method in
which a team handle their task from starting point to the completion of their targets. This model is
used by large number of business entities in their organization so that they will be able to effectively
conduct all their functions in a well defined and systematic manner. In the present context of it

has been analysed that the higher authorities adopt this method in order to effectively perform all
their task .
Forming – This is the first and foremost step which is used by the managers in order to
develop an effective team where skilled, creative and knowledgeable employees are used to
formulate an effective team. In context of Sainsbury’s, it help company to develop effective teams
and implement activities properly.
Storming: Herein, team members start communicating and interacting with each other but have
no trust on each other. For this, it is important for higher authorities of Sainsbury’s to develop
effective strategy and focus on developing trust among team members.
Norming: Herein, the issues among team members is resolved and they start working mutually
in order to meet with the targets. In addition to this, it assist Sainsbury’s to develop trust and good
relation among team members that impact on performance of company.
Performing: Herein, the implementation of activities is take place by team members with am
motive to complete task in a timely and effective manner.
Adjourning: this is the last stage when team get disbanded after the completion of project and
achievement of organisational objective in an effective manner. This assist Sainsbury’s to enhance
the level of productivity and profitability effectively and efficiently as well.
TASK 4
P4 Concepts and philosophies of organisation behaviour
Organisation behaviour is considered as a process that helps in assessing the behaviour of an
individual person working within business organisation. It involves different factors like custom,
tradition and many more. The most significant role played by managers that help in achieving goal
in timely manner. In reference of Sainsbury, the administration of organisation adopts theory that is
going to be mentioned below:
Business condition in reference of Sainsbury, the current scenario of company is not too
good there is no appropriate interaction among the staff member that imposes direct impact on
performance of business organisation (Omar, Jayasingam and Bakar, 2019). It created conflict
among member of team that imposes direct impact on objective of organisation. The manager of
Sainsbury adopts path goal theory that is going to be mentioned below:
Business Condition: Path goal Theory emphasized on specific different style of leadership
that helps in achieving objective of organisation. The company focuses on increasing motivation or
satisfaction level of employees in order to increase productivity.
Path Goal Theory

Employee characteristic In reference of Sainsbury, the authority focuses on increasing
knowledge or skill in order to motivate them on regular basis. It improve positive attitude of
employees in business organisation and motivated subordinate perform their work in an appropriate
manner.
Environment and task attributes here in the leader of Sainsbury focuses on problem or issue
which is confronted by subordinate in an appropriate manner. In this factor, the higher authority
focuses on ensuring that there is not any kind of dispute arises within business organisation and
improving positive skills at workplace. The whole result of working in organisation helps in
increasing productivity level in future period of time.
Leadership behaviour in path goal theory, the leader emphasize on choosing the most
appropriate style that help in increasing awareness of employees regarding the business
organisation. It imposes direct impact on the goal as well as objective of business organisation
during particular phase of time period.
In context of the management team of Sainsbury, they emphasized on adopting the most
appropriate management style which is considered as a participatory style of Management. This is
this style that mainly emphasized on efforts which is given by subordinate and the leader focuses on
taking participation of employees in decision-making. This procedure assist in providing improving
positive Ambience in which the employees focus on discussing their problem and issues in an
appropriate manner and communication get stronger. This leadership style imposes both positive
and negative impact on organisation. It encourages employees that help in achieving goal in future
period of time without any kind of conflict. The negative factor is that there is a dispute or conflict
arises between them that impose negative impact on organisation.
M4 Evaluation of how concepts as well as philosophies of organisational Behaviour influence
behaviour in negative and positive way
It is analysed that concepts and philosophies of organisational behaviour impact on behaviour
in a positive as well a negative manner. It is determine that path goal theory help a business entity to
implement work in a right path that has positive impact on performance and productivity of
organisation. In addition to this, it is analysed sometime such concept is ineffective and did not
bring out any creativity that decline productivity and profitability of an organisation.
D2 Critically evaluate relevance of team development theories in relation to concepts and
philosophies of Organisational behaviour that impact behaviour at workplace
It is evaluated that Tuckman team development theory help an organisation to implement activities
in a systematic and proper manner that directly leads to attainment of objectives within given time

frame (Zhang, Jiang and Jin, 2020). It is determined that such development theory is related with
the path goal theory as it assist in determining the issues faced by team members that can be solved
by managers on time which in turn leads achievement of desired goals in an effective manner.
CONCLUSION
On the basis of above given report, it has been analysed that behaviour of an individual
person within business organisation impose a direct influence on performance level of organisation.
It is important for management team to assess the requirement of subordinates in order to maintain
favourable Ambience at workplace. In assistance of this, there are various theories which are
adopted by management team that help in satisfying the need or want of its user. With the help of
appropriate team, company focuses on performing the task in an appropriate manner in order to
achieve goal as well as objective and timely manner.

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