Impact of Politics, Culture, and Power on Organizational Behaviour

ORGANISATIONAL
BEHAVIOUR

TABLE OF CONTENT
INTRODUCTION...........................................................................................................................3
LO 1.................................................................................................................................................3
P 1 Impact of politics, culture and power on the organization’s behaviour................................3
LO 2.................................................................................................................................................6
P 2 Motivate individuals..............................................................................................................6
LO 3.................................................................................................................................................8
P 3 Effective team as opposed to an ineffective team.................................................................8
LO 4...............................................................................................................................................11
P 4 Philosophies of organizations behaviour.............................................................................11
CONCLUSION..............................................................................................................................12
REFERENCES..............................................................................................................................14

INTRODUCTION
Organizational behaviour refers to the study of a group or individuals of an organization
to analyse the performance of them (Shukla and Srivastava, 2016). It is very essential for the
organizations to have a strong performance in the market because the demand is increasing in the
market which needs to be controlled so that there is an effective functioning. Strong productivity
and operations can help any organization to have higher profit margins for a long run in the
market.
Unilever is United Kingdom originated and London is the headquarters of this company.
There are more than 155,000 employees working in the organization currently and the company
is having an experience in this industry from 90 years. The products company is dealing with are
food & refreshments, Personal and beauty care, etc.
This report would consist of the impact of culture, power and politics on the behaviours
of groups and individuals of an organization. The importance of having a motivated employees
force is very important for the organization to have so that the objectives can be met by the
company. There are a lot of concepts and philosophies which the businesses have to analyse and
use in different situations which is also going to be discussed in the further report.
LO 1
P 1 Impact of politics, culture and power on the organization’s behaviour
The competition in the market is increasing and it is very important for the organization
to achieve their objectives and aims despite of that factor. There has to be a strong team work
which is going to make the organization be able to have a high productivity and operations in the
market so that the increasing demands of the customers can be met. This is resulting in the
organization getting higher profit margins which is good for a long run in market and investment.
Culture
Handy’s Culture Model
 Power
There are few people in Unilever who have the power to make the right decisions for the
organization (Chhabra, 2018). When there are decisions taken in the company the management
always considers the employees and the customers as their priority because it is them on which

the decision is going to implement. The productivity of the company cannot fall which has to be
made sure of by the company.
 Role
Unilever is hiring the right skilled and experienced employees in the organization so that
there is a better functioning in and quality of the organization can be maintained as well (Jansen,
2018). There is a better functioning when the employees have clarity of the role they have in the
organization. The help and provided needs of the employees can be understood which improves
the standards of the organization.
 Person
The employees must feel like they are very important in the organization and they are the
backbone of the company so that they can help the organization met the demands. The
employees will have a negative impact when they feel that they are superior to one another and
that is going to make the workforce not be able to work.
 Task
There has to be a fair distribution of work or task which the leaders and managers assign to
the workforce according to their capabilities (Rao, 2016). That is the strengths of Unilever
because they have observed the importance of this factor and the quality of the products and
demands are being able to be met from time to time.
Politics
Chantel’s
There are a lot of roles and characteristics of politics which would be understood
effectively with the help of this model. There is a lot of de-motivation in the organization in
Unilever at present because of politics and that is limiting the functioning.
 Individual Factors
There is a standard which organizations create for themselves in the market which has to be
well maintained which is possible when the workforce is motivated in the organization. The
employees who are interested in politics will be disliked by the organization employees in the
organization which is going to reduce the productivity and operations.