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

ORGANIZATIONAL
BEHAVIOUR

Table of Contents
INTRODUCTION...........................................................................................................................4
LO1..................................................................................................................................................4
P1 Influence on individual and team behaviour and performance from organization culture,
power and politics........................................................................................................................4
M1 Critique of influence of organisational components on individual and team behaviour.......8
LO 2.................................................................................................................................................8
P2 Content and process theories of motivation............................................................................8
M2 Critique on the manner in which behaviour is affected by motivational theories...............10
D1 Critique of relation between culture, politics, power and motivation which enable team and
organisational success providing justified recommendations....................................................10
LO 3...............................................................................................................................................10
P3 Effective v/s Ineffective team...............................................................................................10
M3 Analyse relevant team and group development theories to aid development of dynamic
cooperation.................................................................................................................................12
LO 4...............................................................................................................................................13
P4 Application of concepts related to OB..................................................................................13
M4. Concepts of OB influence behaviour in affirmative and contrary way..............................15
D2 Critique of relevancy of team development theories in relation to OB concepts which
impact on workplace behaviour.................................................................................................15
CONCLUSION..............................................................................................................................15
REFERENCES..............................................................................................................................17

INTRODUCTION
Organisational behaviour is defined as the interface taking place between organisation
and individuals working within it. This is a field of study which tends to focus upon development
of positive working atmosphere and stipulation of growth opportunities for personnel
individually as well as within a team (Peralta and et. al., 2018). This report is conducted to gain
knowledge of organisational behaviour observed in TESCO Plc, which is a multinational
corporation operating in the confines of retail sector. It functions in the form of hypermarkets,
supermarkets, superstore and convenience stores across United Kingdom and several other
countries across the globe. This report will throw light upon influence of culture, politics and
power on team as well as individuals. Also, it constitutes motivational theories along with team
dynamics and group development theory. Further the study will address differences between
effective and ineffective team together with application of concepts and philosophies of OB to
deal with complex corporate situations.
LO1
P1 Influence on individual and team behaviour and performance from organization culture,
power and politics
Organisational behaviour can be deciphered as the procedure aimed at gaining
comprehensibility of the human behavioural characteristics with a motive of devising strategies
through which employees can be effectively motivated (Natvig and Stark, 2016). The HR
department plays a crucial role herein as it is involved in development of healthy relations
between employer and employees by providing the latter with a suitable atmosphere to work.
Power, politics and culture are regarded as some of the most important elements of a corporation
as they hold a significant influence upon performance and behaviour of individuals as well as
group. The pre-mentioned elements are discussed with respect to TESCO underneath:-
Culture
This is regarded as the basic ideology and values which are held by an enterprise. It is the
role of HR to develop a working culture which supports the growth and welfare of employees. In
this regard, one of the well renowned models used for carrying out the analysis of different types
of organisational cultures is Handy's Typology. As per this, there are 4 culture forms which can
persist within an enterprise and these are analysed with reference to TESCO below:-
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