Influence of Culture, Politics and Power on Performance of Team and Individual Behaviour

ORGANIZATIONAL
BEHAVIOUR

TABLE OF CONTENTS
INTRODUCTION...........................................................................................................................3
MAIN BODY...................................................................................................................................3
Influence of culture, politics and power on performance of team and individual behaviour.3
Evaluation of different motivational theories and ways in which these theories influence the
behaviour of the employees....................................................................................................5
Effective team as opposed to ineffective team and theories of team development................7
Concepts and philosophies of organizational behaviour......................................................10
CONCLUSION..............................................................................................................................11
REFERENCES..............................................................................................................................12

INTRODUCTION
Organizational behaviour is defined as the study of humans in the company. The reason
behind this is that humans are the lifeline of the company because every work is done by them. If
they are not comfortable within the company then the efficiency of them and company will be
low (Abraham and Sheeran, 2017). Thus, for this it is very essential to study the human
behaviour within the company. The present study is based on Arcadia group which is
headquartered in London, UK. The company was found in 1903 and is a British retailing
company and owns many clothing retail companies.
The present study will start by outlining the relation between culture, politics and power
and its influence on the performance of the individual and team. Further it will discuss about
some theories of motivation which can be used to motivate the employees. Next the
demonstration will be done on effective team as opposed to ineffective team. In the end the
concepts and philosophies of the organizational behaviour will be applied within the company.
MAIN BODY
Influence of culture, politics and power on performance of team and individual behaviour
The culture is defined as the values and assumptions which are prevailing in the
company. The power is defined as the ability to control the working of the company. the politics
is referred to as the informal or unofficial interaction of the employees on some targeted
objective. All the three elements need to be in positive manner for the effective working of the
company.
Culture- For maintaining the culture within the company Arcadia group use the model of
Handy culture model this model is applied to the business because it includes four different types
of culture which the company can use in order to control the operations of the company.
 Power culture- Under this the power is centralized that is in hands of few people only.
The reason behind this is that power in hands of few will help the company in taking
quicker decision. This will promote the efficient working within the company.
 People culture- Under this type of culture the people within the company gives more
importance to their own objectives and not the organizational objectives (Becker And
et.al., 2016). This is not a good culture if more preference is given on the personal
objectives instead of the organizational objectives.

 Task culture- This is a type of culture where more preference is given on the formation
of team and team work. The idea behind this is that team work ensures more efficiency of
the work as more people come together and work on single objective (Blyton and Morris,
2017).
 Role culture- This is the last type of culture under this model which can be used in
Arcadia group. This is a culture wherein the work is delegated to the employees in their
skills and capabilities. This ensure that the work which is allotted to the employee is done
with proficiency as they are good at those work.
The application of all these cultures is beneficial for Arcadia group as all these culture focuses on
the improvement of the working quality and efficiency. But the most recommended culture to be
used by Arcadia group is the task culture. The reason underlying this fact is that in team work the
work is done with more clarity and efficiency. It is so because many people come together and
brainstorm different ways of doing the work and this increases the quality of the work.
Power- This is also an essential aspect when it comes to studying the behaviour of the
human. If more power is given to some people then this will demotivate the other employees
who are having less power. Therefore, this in turn will decrease the efficiency of other
employees and will not work up to their fullest capacity. For maintaining accurate power within
the company, Arcadia group must use the power model of French and Raven.
This model displays two different type of power that is positional power and personal
power. The positional power is the one which is derived because of the position within the
hierarchical chain of command. In contrast to this the personal power is the one which is derives
because of some special knowledge or expertise. In Arcadia group more, preference is provided
to the personal power. The major reason behind this is that the employee will try to gain some
knowledge and this will increase the working quality of the employees. This in turn will help the
company to grow as a whole organization.
Politics- This is a state where in the employees are much involved in the informal
meetings and talking in the company. The politics is not good for the efficiency of the company.
in respect of this it is essential for Arcadia group to decrease the politics from the company.
because if there is more politics in company then interest of employees is in the political talking
and gossiping (Brunsson and Olsen, 2018). As a result of this the efficiency and effectiveness of
the employees will decrease and this will result in the decrease in overall working capacity of the