Influence of Culture, Politics, and Power on Organizational Behavior

Organisational
Behaviour

Contents
INTRODUCTION...........................................................................................................................3
ACTIVITY A...................................................................................................................................3
ACTIVITY 2...................................................................................................................................7
ACTIVITY 3.................................................................................................................................10
CONCLUSION..............................................................................................................................13
REFERENCES..............................................................................................................................14

INTRODUCTION
Organisational Behaviour can be defined as a study of group as well as individual
performance within an organisational context and constantly identifies and analyses the current
market trends so that work place environment of the company can improve (Jayakody and
Gamage, 2015). Ryanair Holdings is Europe’s largest Airline Company and recently it has been
in news due to its deteriorating employer employee relationship and inefficient work structure. In
the current report, the influence of culture, politics as well as power in the organisational context
has been analysed and identified and their contribution in individual as well as team performance
will be analysed. Further in this report, motivation theories that can be used in an organisation
will be analysed and linked with individual and team performance again. This report will also
highlight the manner in which tem building can be done in the company and lastly, appropriate
concepts and philosophies will be applied in the organisational context by analysing various
business situations.
ACTIVITY A
Analyse the influence of culture, politics and power on the behavior of other in an organization
context
Organization Culture
Organizational culture is a system of shared assumptions, values, and beliefs, which governs how
people behave in organizations. These shared values have a strong influence on the people in
the organization and dictate how they dress, act, and perform their jobs. Organization culture
has played a very crucial role in improving the performance of Ryanair in the organization.
Culture of organization can be better understood with the help of the different model.
Handy’s Model of organizational culture
As per Handy’s model there are four type of organizational culture which is their in the
organization.
Power Culture: Power culture is the type of culture in which the power of taking and making
decision in the organization used to be taken by just few senior authorities in the
organization. This type of culture was followed by Ryanair as all the key decision in the
organization was taken by the CEO of the organization Michael O’Leary This has helped the
organization in improving the quality of decision in the organization and which has
eventually played crucial role in organizational success for Ryanair
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Role Culture: This type of the culture was found in Ryanair as every employee in the
organization was clear about the role which they have to perform to achieve the
organizational goal. Everyone in the organization was clear about what they have to perform
in the organization which has eventually increased the efficiency of the organization
(Podsakoff, Mackenzieand Podsakoff, 2016).
Task Culture: It is the type of the culture in which all the organization used to form different
teams in the organization and team used to perform the task in the group to achieve the
organizational goal. This culture was followed by the organization from the starting point
itself it eventually increase the efficiency of solution and also invest more than on mind in
the operation which help the company in increasing the flow of idea in the organization.
People culture: In organizations with person cultures, individuals very much see themselves as
unique and superior to the organisation (Osland, Devine and Turner, 2015). The organisation
simply exists in order for people to work. This type of culture was not seen in Ryanair as a
result many employee was also not happy in the organization.
Hofstede's cultural
Hofstede's cultural dimensions theory is a framework which defines cross-cultural
communication developed by Geert Hofstede. This theory elaborate society's culture on the
values of its members, and also how these is related to behavior, using a structure derived
from factor analysis.
This model see’s the culture in six different dimensions
Power Distance Index was high in Ryanair as the power to take decision was just with the CEO
of the organization Michael O’Leary.
Individual versus Collectivism is the relationship in between the different employee this culture
was moderate in the organization as the entire employee used to help each other in carrying
out business operation.
Masculinity versus femininity shows the equality in the role distribution in men and women this
factor was moderate in the organization as organization not used to differentiate between the
employees on basis of gender (Miner, 2015).
Uncertainty avoidance Index is another dimension which sees at ignorance or avoidance level of
the employee in the organization.
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