Organisational Behaviour: Influence on Individuals and Teams

ORGANISATIONAL
BEHAVIOUR

TABLE OF CONTENTS
INTRODUCTION...........................................................................................................................3
LO 1.................................................................................................................................................3
Culture, politics and power influence individuals and team behaviour.......................................3
LO 2.................................................................................................................................................5
Motivating individual and teams in order to achieve organization's goals..................................5
LO 3.................................................................................................................................................7
Cooperating Along Effectively with Others................................................................................7
LO 4.................................................................................................................................................8
Concepts and philosophies of organizational behaviour.............................................................8
CONCLUSION................................................................................................................................9
REFERENCES..............................................................................................................................10

INTRODUCTION
Organisational behaviour is the process of evaluating how employees behave and
perform their duties and responsibilities at workplace, which internal and external factors
increase their motivational level and how management of a business can help create a feeling of
strong relationship within its employees and workforce (Gelfand and et.al., 2017). In this report
we will evaluate the effects of organizational behaviour on the organization Sainsbury, a retail
supermarket chain operating in the UK. Having began its operations in 1869, close to 151 years
ago, Sainsbury has had great success in the supermarket sector having captured 16% of the total
market share.
LO 1
Culture, politics and power influence individuals and team behaviour
There are a lot of factors which can influence the working of an organization like culture,
politics and power which can have an influence on the working of the company. It is very
essential for Sainsbury's to have these factors into consideration so that they can have a better
decision-making for the future.
Handy's cultural model
This model was given by Charles Handy's which is a cultural model which was given in
1993. Handy's model is divided into four sub-categories which are role, task, power and person.
This will make the company understand the internal factors of the company so that the
organization can have an effective functioning for themselves so that they can have a better
effectiveness in the market (Safi, Azouri and Saliba, 2018). The further report would discuss the
model in detail.
 Power
Power has to be given to the right people in the company so that there is a better
functioning of the organization. Experienced employees must be given the power of achieving
the objectives so that the company can have a profit and attract more customers. This can make
the individuals of the organization be monitored and finish their work and teams to be working
together and power will not be misused.
 Role
All the individuals have to be given the right job and according to the skills they have so
that the quality of the company does not fall and the company will be able to have a profit. This

will make the teams also achieve their objectives from time to time which is very essential in
Sainsbury's so that they can have a higher revenue generation.
 Task
To have a clarity in the functioning it is very essential for the group members to have a
better delegation of tasks to individuals and groups so that the objectives and the pressure on
everyone can be balanced out.
 Person
There has to be experienced and skilled employees hired in the organization so that there
is an exchange of knowledge and skills between the team and individuals so that the organization
can benefit from it.
Influence of politics
Influence of politics is high in individuals and team because of politics which has to be
controlled otherwise the company will not be able to function effectively (Chang and et.al.,
2016). There are positives and negatives of the politics in Sainsbury's since there are a lot of
people who are not giving their best in the company because they find an easier way out to get
their work done in the company which is not making the company actually meet their objectives.
This can make the productivity of Sainsbury's fall in the market and the organization must try to
have a control on this factor otherwise they will not be able to grow in the future.
Hofstede Classification
There are a lot of factors which can have an influence on the working of the company
like cross cultural communication which can be discussed in this model. There are 6 dimensions
which are having an influence on the cultural factor of the company. Power distance is that
Sainsbury's is having the right skilled employees in the company for the task to be completed
which is having a positive impact. Masculinity vs femininity has to be equally treated in the
company so that the organization can have a strong working and the productivity of the company
will increase if this is followed in the company for along run in market. Long term orientation
and short term orientation is present in Sainsbury's which is why they are being able to function
effectively and are having a strong workforce. This is getting a clarity in the work which is
taking place in the company. Individualism vs collectivism both have to be present in Sainsbury's
so that the working of the task can be better and the right skilled employees is given the right
amount of freedom to complete the task without influences. Indulgence vs restraint is there in the