Impacts of Culture, Politics, and Power on Organizational Behavior

Organisational
Behaviour
October 2020

Organisational Behaviour October 2020
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Unit Title and Number: Organisational Behaviour (Unit 12)
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Table of Contents
1. INTRODUCTION.......................................................................................................................5
2. Overview of organisation............................................................................................................5
3. The impacts of culture, politics and power on the behaviour of others in an organisational
context..............................................................................................................................................5
Define and explain organizational culture...................................................................................5
The influence of culture on organization behaviour....................................................................6
Types of organization culture and their impacts (positive and negative) on organisations and
importance for individual and team behaviour............................................................................6
The importance of culture on individual and team behaviours and performance.......................7
Recommendations to the selected company................................................................................7
Define and explain organizational politics..................................................................................8
The importance of organisational politics on individual and team behaviours and performance
.....................................................................................................................................................8
Organisational power and its influence on individual and team behaviour in the organizational
context..........................................................................................................................................8
The impact (positive and negative) of the above-mentioned key elements on individuals, team
behaviour and motivation levels, and performance.....................................................................9
4. Motivational Theories..................................................................................................................9
Define and explain motivation.....................................................................................................9
How the selected company is currently motivating Individuals and Teams...............................9
Maslow’s hierarchy of needs.....................................................................................................10
Vroom Expectancy theory..........................................................................................................10
Recommendations on how the company can use the discussed motivational theories to
improve motivation and performance individuals and team for effective achievement of the
organisational goals...................................................................................................................11
Justification of how your recommendations can help the company you selected to reduce
turnover......................................................................................................................................11
5. The Concept of Team Development...........................................................................................12
Define Team and Group............................................................................................................12
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Tuckman team development model...........................................................................................12
Advantages and disadvantages of Tuckman model...................................................................12
Belbin team roles with its advantages and disadvantages.........................................................12
Challenges in team development...............................................................................................13
What makes an effective team as opposed to an ineffective team?...........................................13
The benefits of effective teams on the organization performances...........................................14
Suggestions how the company you have selected can use both Tuckman model and Belbin
model to develop cooperation within the teams........................................................................14
6. Philosophies or Organisational Behaviour...............................................................................14
Path-goal theory leadership styles and how they can help the company you selected to improve
team performance and productivity...........................................................................................14
Merits and demerits of Path Goal Theory..................................................................................15
Situational leadership theory.....................................................................................................16
Merits and demerits of situational leadership theory.................................................................16
Situational Leadership theory can influence behaviour within the selected company to and
overcome resistance...................................................................................................................16
Social Loafing theory................................................................................................................16
Merits and demerits of Social Loafing Theory..........................................................................17
Social Loafing Theory can influence effective behaviour within the selected company..........17
Concept of perceptions..............................................................................................................17
Concept of individual differences..............................................................................................17
Concept of Social system...........................................................................................................17
Company apply concept in various ways that influences organisation productivity.................18
7. CONCLUSION..........................................................................................................................18
8. REFERENCES..........................................................................................................................19
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1. INTRODUCTION
The behaviour of organisation means how things or tasks are doing by individuals and
group of people because they have different attributes and perspectives which uses to operate the
business. When a business is running in competitive environment is important to understand their
culture, values, predictions, control of human behaviour that can help to manage the good
performance (Wilkins, Butt and Annabi, 2018). The management should have leadership and
management skills which can help to bear the risk and operate a business successfully by
providing assistance to employees. IKEA is the chosen company for this report that is Swedish
multinational company situated in Netherlands that offers different design of furniture which is
ready to assemble. The aim of report to understand how behaviour affects the operation and
profitability of organisation. This report is covering how culture, politics and power influence
other's behaviour, how to motivates individual and teams, what is important to make effective
team, uses of model in relation to organisation for maintaining a situation.
2. Overview of organisation
IKEA is a larger size furniture retailing company which was founded in July 1943 by
Ingvar Kamprad. The headquarter of organisation in Delft, Netherlands etc. The stores of IKEA
in 40 countries where it operates 294 stores that are selling different design of furniture at retail
prices. In this, 2, 11,000 employees are working who are managing their task and roles in well
manner and increases the business performance. The main of organisation to become the largest
company in this industry and attain the higher competitive advantages. The management of such
organisation is responsible to manage all functions and activities by maintaining good working
culture that increases sales (Hackett and et. al., 2018).
3. The impacts of culture, politics and power on the behaviour of others in an
organisational context
Define and explain organizational culture
The culture of industry comprehend attributes, behaviour, and values that are important
for running a business as it contributes in social and psychological environment. This can be
maintain through attraction, selection, rejection, hiring new employees, training and reward
system that can help to increase the business performance in case of maintained properly.
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The influence of culture on organization behaviour
The organisational culture is main factor which influences behaviour of organisation in
the form of employees, employer, workers and shareholders. In context to IKEA, maintaining
effective culture of organisation where each employees are feeling free to share their message
with others and get ideas to complete task that helps to increase the performance and outcomes
(Mannion and Davies, 2018).
Types of organization culture and their impacts (positive and negative) on organisations and
importance for individual and team behaviour
The culture is important factor that should be consider by management while running a
business that can help to operate and regulate the business activities continuously. IKEA is larger
organisation that uses one of the suitable culture out of many that are defined by using Handy
Culture theory:
Role culture: This culture is showing the main power of position where role and
responsibilities of employees are delegated according to their skills and abilities. IKEA can
select role culture in their organisation for making task complete and managing all performance.
 Positive impacts: By using this this, individual and team behaviour feels secure
and get opportunity to become specialist to perform their roles efficiently.
 Negative impacts: In IKEA, this can create a feeling of frustration for ambitious
people who wants to learn new and power oriented. If employees do not perform
their roles effectively then it create the challenge for organization.
Person culture: This is unusual culture that founds rarely in organisations. In this,
individuals sees them as important part of organisation and exists only for getting salary.
Adopting this culture, chances for IKEA to reduce the sales and profitability because employees
does not get ready to work properly.
 Positive impacts: This can be effective for employees only as they does not have
responsibility to perform task.
 Negative impacts: This makes organisation more orthodox and not activities is
performing easily.
Power culture: The power culture mainly relies on individual instead of committee
where only one person has power to make decision on the basis of results and performance. This
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