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

Organisational
Behaviour

Table of Contents
INTRODUCTION...........................................................................................................................4
TASK 1............................................................................................................................................4
P1 Influence of organisational culture, power and politics on individual along with team
performance............................................................................................................................4
M1: Critically analyse the way culture, politics and power can posses impact on team
behaviour and individual performance:..................................................................................7
TASK 2............................................................................................................................................7
P2 Analysis and evaluation of content and process theories of motivation which influence
the growth of the chosen organisation and which can aid to improve it more.......................7
M2: Critically evaluate influence of other behaviour by effective application of motivational
theories, models and concepts..............................................................................................11
D1: Critically evaluate the relationship between politics, culture, power and motivation that is
enabling team and organisation for success.........................................................................11
TASK 3..........................................................................................................................................12
P3 Describe the perceptive of what makes a team effective in comparison to ineffective team
..............................................................................................................................................12
M3: Analyse relevant teams and group development theories to support the development of
co-operation among effective teams.....................................................................................15
TASK 4..........................................................................................................................................16
P4 Philosophies and concept of organisational behaviour...................................................16
M4: Evaluate philosophies and concepts of OB To influence behaviour according to a given
business situation..................................................................................................................18
D2: Critically analyse the relevance of team developed concepts, theories and philosophies at
workplace to improve business productivity and performance............................................18
CONCLUSION..............................................................................................................................20

REFERENCES..............................................................................................................................21
INTRODUCTION
Organisation behaviour is the individual study and group behaviour that is affecting the
functioning of organisation. It is regarded as a interface between organisation and human
behaviour. One of the major objectives of organisational behaviour is to revitalise the theory of
organisation to develop a better conceptualisation of organisation life. Being part of
multidisciplinary filed organisation behaviour is affected by different development of disciplines
that includes psychology, sociology, engineering and economics that is affecting the experience
of practitioners. Present report is based on Sainsbury's is the second largest chain of
supermarkets across UK (Kitchin, 2017). It was founded in year 1869 and become one of largest
groceries inn year 1922. Presently there is discussion of the organisations culture, power and
politics affecting individual, team behaviour and performance. There is evaluation of the way
process and content theories of motivation & motivation techniques are enabling in the
achievement of gaols in organisational context. With a analysis of effective team & ineffective
team further there is application of philosophies and concepts of organisation behaviour in the
context of organisation according to a business situation.
TASK 1
P1 Influence of organisational culture, power and politics on individual along with team
performance
In context to the organisation culture, power and politics posses the huge effect on
employee's performance and organisation behaviour ,because some how these are the elements
of organisation behaviour which has to be manage in positive and productive way. They are
having both positive and negative impact according to their presence and management in
company (Bucher, 2018).
Influence on Team and individual
Power is the important part of the organisation which influence the performance of
employee's. This is given to the manger and higher authority of the company and it is also
authorise to the employee's along with job role and some sates of rights according to which they
have to work. Manger use their power for the management of employee's and influencing them

for better performance. Some of the power theories are implemented by the Sainsbury is
explain below.
Coercive power: This power is use in the condition of peak lode by the directors or
senior manger of the organisation. Through which they make force on their employee's for task
accomplishment with in the time. By making the threat of job loss salary cut and so on.
Sainsbury is using this power during the crisis as it helps to achieve the target.
Reward power: This is the power through which authorised person can make the reward
and performance appraisal programmes. In Sainsbury power given to the board of directors for
providing the value towards the performance employee's, by reward's and bonus.
Referent power: This is the type of power which is given to the leader of organisation.
Who posses the skills of influencing and guiding so that he can use it for the subordinate
guidance. Workers posing the believe on their leader for every thing. In Sainsbury this power is
with team leaders who mange the team of different level.
Informational power: This power is given to the person who posses the required
information and who can manage the organisation information with their skills. Sainsbury This
power is of CEO who mange the organisation reports and structure, such as finance and auditing
department (Lau and et. al. 2017) .
Influence of politics on team and individual:
politics is the factor which has to be manage in appropriate way in order to prevent the
negativity. This basically the sets of activities which is connected with the decision making
process of the group and in the power distribution among the team members. Such as in the
resources and status allocation. There are Some of the factors which influence the political
behaviour of the groups and workers and impact the organisation and individual .
Organisational culture- higher level of the Politics presence can cause changes in the
organisation culture. It can make the negativity in the environment in which workers do not
make the right step and decision for the task , this can effect the performance of subordinates.
Changing attitude- Polities is bad for the productivity of employees as it change their
attitude and it can make the rumours with in the organisation. Due to this workers loose their
interest for job role and activities (Dubey and et. al. 2019).
Impact of culture on team and individual: