Influence of Organizational Politics, Culture, and Power on Team and Individual Behavior in Ryanair

This assignment explores the influence of organizational politics, culture, and power on team and individual behavior and performance in Ryanair. It discusses the process and content theories of motivation and their impact on behavioral motivation. The assignment also examines the relationship between politics, power, culture, and motivation in organizations and teams. Finally, it provides recommendations to improve Ryanair's overall performance.

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Table of Content
INTRODUCTION.......................................................................................................................................3
PART 1........................................................................................................................................................3
How organizational politics, culture and power of Ryanair have influenced team and individual
behaviour and performance in the firm....................................................................................................3
Process and Content theories of motivation within the organizational concept and how they influence
overall concepts, models and theories of behavioral motivation..............................................................6
Relationship between politics, power, culture and motivation that enables organizations and teams to
succeed, and recommendations for Ryanair, to improve its entire performance......................................8
PART 2......................................................................................................................................................10
Effective team and ineffective team.......................................................................................................10
Group and team development theories to support development of cooperation within effective teams.11
Philosophies and concept of organizational behaviour and influence behaviour within Ryanair towards
on-going re-structuring process and make firm more effective..............................................................12
CONCLUSION.........................................................................................................................................14
REFERENCES..........................................................................................................................................15
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INTRODUCTION
Organizational behaviour is known as human behaviour study that interfaces between
firm and human behaviour along with organization itself. Another side, organizational behaviour
considered as a research by which individual can concentrates on their behaviour within the firm
along with able to know how they can interact with each other and influence others at workplace.
Therefore, organizational behaviour considered as one of the most important aspect for every
firm by which an organization can improve their productivity and performance that boost
satisfaction to employees along with enhance motivation of them. This assignment is based
onRyanair which was established in 1984 inU.K. This is the first European airline that adopts
low fares and low-cost approach in order to run business successfully (Chang and et.al., 2019).
Moreover, this assignment divided in two parts which includes influence of power, culture and
politics on the others behaviour within the organizational context. How individual or team can
get motivation towards attainment of goals. At last, so many philosophies of OB to mentioned
business situation and understanding the concept of how cooperates with others will get covered.
PART 1
How organizational politics, culture and power of Ryanair have influenced team and
individual behaviour and performance in the firm
Organizational behaviour refers to the process of human behaviour study which is done
by firm within working place. It is considered as helpful concept for firms by which they can
evaluate human behaviour properly and able to motivates their employees towards increasing
their working performance in an effective manner (Zaal, Jeurissen and Groenland, 2019).
Additionally, it helps to facilitate better relationship between firms and employees so that they
can have better opportunities in future towards work that increase their productivity and
profitability properly. In regards with Ryanair, taking use Handy culture can able to reduce so
many challenges of power, politics and culture and their impact on organization functions and
employees.
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Organizational culture
Culture always consist beliefs, values, norms that lead among offering benefits for firm to
determine behaviour of workers in a particular way. Therefore, an organization is needed to
identify several factors like organizational vision, value and system. As all these effectively
interact with stakeholders, clients and group of people.
Management of Ryanair is taking such kind of advantages from working in positive
culture that influences their employees towards work so that they can achieve desired goals.
There few typologies of organizational culture those are as follows:
Power culture: This is the first part of Handy's culture typology which is mainly based at
the power which is assigned to the organizational humans. Power is considered because the great
detail which allows in helping the operations of the company in effective way. This is mainly
having by high authorities of firm individually. In relation with Ryanair, person who is superior
that holds authority to possess several rights that lead them among identifying performance
developed by employees (Mesdaghinia,Rawat and Nadavulakere, 2019). With the help of these
benefits respective firm is able to gain huge benefits to increase their market share and increase
profitability as well.
Task culture: This detail of the Handy's is encompasses on achieving at the desired
desires and goals of the company, as each commercial enterprise has their very own cause and
motive. Ryanair deals in extensive location of market and it's far crucial for the organization to
address their operations by coping with the duties and tasks. This includes several kinds of
flexible activities and nature. In order to take such kind of advantages from this task culture
Ryanair, needs to fulfillment or accomplish an appropriate task so that they can increase their
effectiveness and able to complete task on time. It help firm to develop effective collaboration
within workplace that encourage employees towards work.
Role culture: In an organization managers as well as higher authorities plays most
important role in managing the all activities of the business as per the allotted roles and
responsibilities. This refers to the hierarchical bureaucracy within the responsibilities and
authorities allotted to an individual that generally hold formal structure at workplace.
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Person culture: The activities of an business enterprise is based on its resources, as if an
agency use appropriate sources that it will smooth for them to obtain better aggressive area. In
this subculture employees are very tons based totally on their very own dreams and broadly
challenge on attaining them that allows you to developing their capability to handing the stress of
work. According to this handy typology there are different types of people who work together in
order to get several kind of power to achieve organizational goals in an appropriate manner.
Moreover, it also gives benefits to people towards working performance in an effective manner.
In relation with Ryanair,following such kind of culture they are able to bring changes within its
working process and take perfect decision frequently. Moreover, it will be benefited for
respective firm as they can easily allocate work to their employees in different ways. Thus, it
increase overall efficiency of firm and make firm profitable (Yu and Davis, 2019).
Thus, culture impact on firm in so many ways as it holds large number of factors. The
main component of culture includes values, norms and beliefs that always have good inference
on functions of the firm. By having different types of people from several cultures Ryanair is
able to cope with any difficulties in future as they have different experience of essential aspects.
Organizational power
Power within the organization considered as the authority to an individual that allows
them to work effectively in order to achieve desired goals within specific time frame. In regards
with Ryanair superiors have power to give assignment to their employees with particular
deadline. There are two types of power, those are as follows:
Reward power: According to this employees performance mainly measured by the
managers of Ryanair through giving them so many kind of rewards and benefits in order to
maximize their working capability. Along with there are different types of benefits and rewards
given by firm to employees like bonuses, promotions, high salary all these aspects helps
employees to increase their motivation level and make them productive for firm. With the help
of this Ryanair is able to get benefits and able to increase their market share (Miller, 2019).
Corecieve power: According to this Ryanair is able to punish their employees for any
kind of problem that can be accomplished by demotion and suspension.
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Organizational politics
Politics mainly develop an unhealthy working environment for employees within firm. It
happens when an employees of an organization is involves different types of other activity which
are not assisted with firm. For example: If an employees or team member of any firm has formal
power to achieve more productive goals than they can easily perform their task and it creates
issues between employees. Therefore, it mainly has negative impact on firm. Along with bad
politics also can hamper the work of employees and they cannot achieve their desired goals on
time. There are positive and negative impact of politics within organization is mentioned below:
Positive impact: Sometimes, politics provide so many advantages for employees by
whom they can smartly play their role and able to achieve desired business goals. Within
Ryanair, some employees with the help of politics can accomplish their task on time that is
beneficial for them.
Negative impact: This way of politics leads developing a bad working environment that
has directly impact on overall workforce of Ryanair. Due to using so many strategies by different
people can create conflicts between employees and firm that reduce the profit for firm as well.
Thus, power, politics and culture always influence team and individual behaviour in both
positive and negative way. But at the same side, employees of Ryanair are able to understand the
concept of every aspect of power, culture and politics or work accordingly.
Process and Content theories of motivation within the organizational concept and how they
influence overall concepts, models and theories of behavioral motivation
Motivation: It is considered as an essential factor which encourages individual to give
their better performance along with helps them in order reach enterprise goals and objectives. In
another words, Motivation refers to the degree of willingness of a creature to examine few goals
and indicates the purpose of forces and nature. Therefore, it plays crucial roles within every firm
along with in human’s life (Islam, Ahmed and Ali, 2019).
Content theory: This theory can be identified as the earliest theory in relation with the
concept of motivation. It mainly highlights the causes for motivating an individual means it
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defines the needs and wants that are necessary in order to motivate employees at workplace.
Thus, this consist few approach or motivational techniques, those are mentioned below:
Maslow’s Hierarchy theory:
This theory was founded in 1954 through having aim of offering huge motivational
aspects to people so that they remove their burden from their work. In regards with Ryanair this
is used by them in order to increase their growth of business successfully. There is five type of
this theory those is as follows:
Physiological needs: It includes basics needs like food, shelter, machine, human physical
needs and many more by which people can survive easily. In regards with Ryanair management
of this company always focus on this in order to increase firm’s productivity and profitability
through motivating employees.
Security and safety needs: It is based upon safe and secure working environment for
people who are working in a firm. In relation with Ryanair they always provide effective and
safe working environment to their employees so that they work freely and not able to face any
issues in regards with their safety.
Social needs: According to this respective firm needed to have proper care of their
employees so that they can easily increase working growth of their business.
Self-esteem needs: It is related with self-image in order to achieve huge appreciation,
attention of superiors in workplace. Herein, respected firm is able to give huge benefits to their
employees towards attainment of better results.
Self-actualization needs:According to this respective firm need to focus on needs and
wants of their employees in order to run their business successfully. With the help of this they
can have opportunities in future in relation with expansion of their business and able to
overcome their issues (Johnson and Umphress, 2019).
Process theories: It identifies the behaviour of people at workplace. Herein, firms mostly
required to fulfill their employee’s needs and wants properly. In regards with Ryanair, it is
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essential for them to their employees needs so that they can work properly and able to achieve
business desired goals.
Vroom Expectancy theory:
This theory was invented by Victor Vroom in the year of 1964 that includes different
types of factors like efforts of employees as well as working performance at workplace. In order
to motivate employees leaders are needed to follow this theory to achieve better results. There
are five types of this are going to be discussed below:
Expectancy:According to this theory employees of firm always expect from firm to get
huge benefits and rewards as per their working performance. In regards with Ryanair, manager
and leader always focus on this and evaluate entire working performance of their employees in
order to give those best rewards. It always encourages them for better work at workplace.
Instrumentality:It is based on employee’sbeliefs which depend upon their working
performance level through which they can attain so many rewards and benefits in a proper
manner. Ryanair, leader and manager mainly judge their employee’s performance and give those
benefits accordingly.
Valence:In this type of process leaders and manager of respected firm are able to
measure entire performance of their employees so that they can easily give them so many
rewards and benefits accordingly. Further it helps them achieve desired goals and increase value
of firm within competitive scenario.
Difference between Content and Process theory
Content theory Process theory
 This theory always highlights the
reason for motivating person or an
individual
 This theory includes Maslow’s
hierarchy of needs theory
 The main focus of this theory is the
essential aspects by which people can
 While process theory mainly underlines
the effect of behavioralpatterns in order
to accomplish the expectation of
people.
 This theory includes Vroom’s
expectancy theory along with goals
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get highly motivated. setting theories.
 For this theory goals are more
important in order to direct behaviour.
Following above specified theories and models of motivation Ryanair is able to motivate
their employees and team members effectively (Lyskova, 2019). With the help of using such
kind of motivational techniques managers and leaders of respective firm is able to encourage
employees towards better work that influence overall firm and bring better ideas for others to run
business successfully. Thus, it influence team members or their behaviour positively that
increase firm’s working capability and overcomes issues at workplace.
Relationship between politics, power, culture and motivation that enables organizations
and teams to succeed, and recommendations for Ryanair, to improve its entire
performance
Organizational culture: It includes so many values, beliefs, shared assumptions and
many more things depend upon behaviour of people at workplace. With the help of these
assorted shared values people influence firm positively and perform their job role in a perfect
manner. In regards with Ryanair Hofstede’s model has been used which is going to be discussed
below:
Hofstede’s Cultural Dimensions Theory
This theory was mentioned through Geert Hofstede in 1980. There are several kinds of
cultural dimensions of this theory those are as follows:
Power Distance Index: It defines the appropriate value of power and maximizes firm’s
productivity through using several kinds of governmental policies.
Individualism vs. Collectivism: In this team members put their huge efforts towards
attainment towards goals and increase value of firm.
Uncertainty Avoidance Index:In this firm mainly ignore the index among the tolerance
of strict roles, risk and anxiety.
Masculinity vs. Femininity: It is based on beliefs of employees towards firm. Herein
Ryanair needed to give equal services to their male and female employees.
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Long-Term Orientation vs. Short-Term Orientation:As per the both types of goals
respective firm required to run their business through developing long term goals go betterment
of future (Yadav and Morya, 2019).
Indulgence vs. Restraint:It depends upon thinking of people as every person think
differently so that respective firm needed to manage this situation through implementation of few
strategies effectively.
Organizational politics: Political behaviour depends upon people or individual as they
have power to influence others through making different kind of policies to determine human
behavior. In regards with Ryanair it is essential to follow positive political environment so that
they can reduce issues towards making better policies from seeking the culture of firm. It
increases their value.
Organizational power: It is the ability in order to develop better things towards getting
someone else idea or self. In regards with Ryanair, managers always assign different task to
employees and develop them to those tasks.
Relationship of these three aspects politics, power and culture of an organization always
influence entire working performance of employees and behaviour of team members. With the
help of understanding these concept people can develop best policies and increase overall value
of Ryanair. Apart from this there are few recommendations by which Ryanair can improve their
working performance, that are:
According to the above mentioned theories of power, politics and culture it has been
recommended to Ryanair that they should always use different types of motivational theories that
creates better culture of work and make employees confident. Along with they should use more
new techniques among the maximization of performance level of employees. Giving such kind
of benefits to employees they can make firm productive or profitable (Stewart, Courtright and
Manz, 2019).
PART 2
Effective team and ineffective team
Team considered as a group of people who always put their efforts, take initiatives and
time in order to achieve targeted goals and objectives in an effective manner. In regards with
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Ryanair, management team creates few aspects according to needs and demand of firm. There
are few characteristics of effective team and ineffective team, those are mentioned below:
Effective team:According to this team culture, people are able to accomplish their roles
and responsibilities with particular task which is given by higher authorities at workplace. With
the help of effective team firm can easily use their employee’s working skills, knowledge and
capabilities towards achievement of desired goals.
Ineffective team:In this type of team culture tasks and roles are not clearly specified
towards people at workplace. Thus, it leads conflicts between firm and employees.
EFFECTIVE TEAM INEFFECTIVE TEAM
 Effective team refers to the roles and
responsibilities of people in which they can
easily accomplish their task given by
higher authorities.
 Two way communication methods make
team very effective by which people can
exchange their information.
 Herein,roles and task are not clearly stated
so that this situation can create issues
between firm and workforce.
 Ineffective team shared by a single person
only.
Group and team development theories to support development of cooperation within
effective teams
It is necessary for management and corporation to develop different types of theories for
group and team members in order to support people to make effective team in a perfect way. In
regards with Ryanair, management team has been used two types of theories for developing best
team, those are as follows:
Tuckman’s theory
It was given by Bruce Tuckmen which is one of the best effective team development
theory this includes few factors such as:
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Forming: This factor develop effective team which all are accumulated should be
distributed in perfect manner. In regards with Ryanair they finish their project on time to reach
desirable results (Lee and et.al., 2019). In context of Ryanair this segment may also incorporate
assigning of responsibilities and responsibilities to its employees together with making them
aware about numerous possibilities that they could cater to build up their profession and various
demanding situations that they're likable to get come across with at the same time as appearing
these responsibilities.
Storming: There are several kinds of ideas or concepts used by employees of Ryanair in
order to attain better working processor to attain predetermined goals. , leaders of Ryanair are
bestow with the task to encourage its team participants to pop out in their comfort zone, push up
their boundaries and to put greater efforts in their work. This in addition ends in position and
intention conflicts among group members.
Norming: In relation with Ryanair, team members of firm needs to build trust on them in
order to make better ways to achieve desired goals on time. In context of Ryanair in these
segment group members enters into harmonious running surroundings.
Performing: In this effective team of Ryanair needs to build better environment within
workplace by which they can perform their task in a perfect way. In context of Ryanair members
broaden close bonding for each different. Further they emerge as more focused, competent and
devoted in the direction of their assigned duties and gather sense of right and wrong to assist and
help each other in attaining their private and expert targets.
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Balbin’s Theory
This theory plays crucial role which is segmented in nine groups that segmented into 3
main groups those are mentioned in beneath:
Action oriented:In regards with Ryanair every team members is able to understand their
roles and play their roles accordingly.
People oriented:In this people of respected firm needs to give their huge contribution in
order to build strong team to achieve desired goals.
Thought oriented:In this role every people of Ryanair is able to play their role
accordingly and also evaluate overall special things by which they can earn profit.
There are mainly 9 roles included in Balbin team theory which are explained as below in context
of Ryanair:
1. Resources investigator: Within Ryanair, this uses their inquisitive nature to find ideas to
bring lower back to the crew.
2. Team worker: Team worker of Ryanair helps the crew to gel, the use of their versatility
to perceive the work required and whole it on behalf of the team.
3. Co-coordinator: Needed to cognizance on the crew's objectives, draw out crew
participants and delegate work appropriately.
4. Plant: Tends to be noticeably innovative and correct at solving troubles in unconventional
methods.
5. Monitor evaluator: In Ryanair, they provides a logical eye, making independent decisions
where required and weighs up the group's options in a dispassionate way.
6. Specialist: In context of Ryanair Brings in-intensity information of a key region to the
crew.
7. Shaper: In the Ryanair, they provides the necessary force to make certain that the group
keeps shifting and does no longer lose cognizance or momentum.
8. Implementer: Needed to plot a potential strategy and deliver it out as efficiently as
possible.
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9. Completer Finisher: Most successfully used at the cease of duties to shine and scrutinize
the work for mistakes, subjecting it to the very best requirements of first-rate manage.
Philosophies and concept of organizational behavior and influence behavior within
Ryanair towards on-going re-structuring process and make firm more effective
Management team of Ryanair needs to facilitate the task to their employees so that they
can achieve their desired goals on time. In order to do this there is huge needs to follow different
types of strategies that makes firms effective and influence overall working performance of
employees, that are:
Integrity: It depends upon organizational reputation in which firm requires offering high
quality of services to attain targeted goals (Yadav and Morya, 2019).
Responsibility: In this factor respective firm needed to take responsibility in order to
give task to their employees on time so that they achieve best results.
Path goals theory: There are numerous aspects of leadership styles which is used by
firm in order to motivates their employees at every level. In regards with Ryanair there are few
aspects of this theory considered by firm, those are as follows:
Employee characteristics: Herein, manager of Ryanair is needed to assign roles to their
employees towards achievement of common goals. Thus, it increases the value of firm.
Task and environment characteristics: Within the Ryanair it is needed for them to
provide huge support for their workforce so that they can work effectively and able to maximize
their productivity towards firm.
Leadership style: In this leader of Ryanair able to use so many leadership styles in order
to improve their working quality and offer support to them. there are leadership styles in regards
with Ryanair are mentioned below:
Directive: As per this leader of Ryanair always develop effective coordination within the
working place. On the other side they are able to develop long term growth of business with the
help of this.
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Supportive: In this respective leaders always responsible to giving best rewards on the
behalf of employees working performance.
Participative: In this Ryanair leaders mainly develop better strategies and policies in
order to encourage employees towards work so that they can run business of firm effectively.
Achievement: In this management team of Ryanair encourages employees for better
performing task so that they can achieve their goals within stipulated time frame and increase
value of firm (Islam, Ahmed and Ali, 2019).
With the help of above mentioned theories and models this can be said that as Ryanair
facing so many issues within the current scenario. But from the following or applying such
models and theories they can make their service better and able to achieve desired goals on time.
It also encourages or motivates their workforce so that they can give their entire contribution and
will make firm more attractive with high profit.
CONCLUSION
As per the above mentioned report it has been summarized that, organizational behaviour
is one of the best human study for any kind of business by which they can achieve organizational
goals. Along with in this report it has been seen that there are different types of internal and
external factors that influence team and individual working performance and their behaviour that
have direct impact on organizational functions. Additionally, there are several kinds of political,
cultural and power factors that help firm to succeed their business within competitive scenario.
Therefore, it is necessary for respective firm to make better relations with their employees in
order to reach higher goals through focusing on different kind of strategies or models that will
helps them a lot to gain competitive advantages and encourage them towards improve their sales
and revenue.
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