Influence of Organizational Culture, Power, and Politics on Organizational Behaviour

Organisational Behaviour

TABLE OF CONTENTS
INTRODUCTION...........................................................................................................................1
LO1..................................................................................................................................................1
P1 Influence of organization's culture, power and politics .........................................................1
LO2..................................................................................................................................................3
P2 Motivational theories..............................................................................................................3
LO3..................................................................................................................................................4
P3 Effective team vs ineffective team.........................................................................................4
LO4..................................................................................................................................................6
P4 Evaluation of organizational behaviour concepts and theories..............................................6
CONCLUSION................................................................................................................................7
REFERENCES................................................................................................................................8

INTRODUCTION
Organizational behaviour is the study of human behaviour of both individual and group
in the organization based performance and activities. It determines the impact of human
behaviour on performance, motivation, job structure etc. In this report, British Broadcasting
Company (BBC) is taken. It is the most trusted and influential media organization in the world,
headquartered in London, UK. It has its own subsidiaries such as BBC News, BBC Radio, BBC
Weather and much more. This report covers analysis of organizational culture and motivational
theories that can influence human behaviour in the workplace. Also, it includes process which
helps in formation of effective team and how different concepts of organizational behaviour can
influence business situation.
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P1 Influence of organization's culture, power and politics
Organizational culture of BBC has gone through significant changes and its current
organizational culture is far different from the earlier one. To get a clear understanding of the
BBC's organizational culture it is important to understand Handy's Model of organizational
culture which is widely used across organizations. According to Charles Handy, there are four
kinds of culture.
Power culture: In this, power is given to limited people and only these people are authorized to
take decisions. These people delegate responsibility to its subordinates, who have no choice but
to follow the given instruction (Ledimo, 2015). Employees have no freedom to express their
ideas, opinion, views etc. In such type of culture, chances of mangers being partial or biased.
Task Culture: Organizations where teams are required to be formed to solve problems or
achieve targets uses this type of culture. In such culture, team members have the equal
opportunity to contribute and complete the goals in progressive way (Sambo, 2016).
Person Culture: In this organizational culture, individuals sees themselves as important and
superior in the organization. They are concerned about themselves more than the organizational
goals. In such culture, employees work only for the sake of money.
Role culture: In this, organizational culture is based on rules. Every employee is delegated with
job and responsibility, and they are accountable for the work assigned (Odor, 2018).
Responsibility is given based on the employee's interest and specialization. In this, power is
decided based on role and position of the employee.
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Earlier, before 2000, BBC followed power culture, which was not suitable for smooth and
efficient running of business operations because organization was strictly following laid down
rule, regulations and codes of conduct. This culture, reduced the scope of employee
development. So, after 2000, BBC implemented role based culture, where employees were given
roles and responsibility, opportunity to share ideas which proved to be helpful in achieving
organizational objectives and changing employees behaviour.
Organizational Politics: It refers to the employees self-serving behaviour in an organization
which can be formal or informal to sell ideas or increasing the probability of positive outcome.
This can be influenced by individuals personal interest (Wroblewski, 2018). Organizational
politics can have a very bad impact on the performance of the individuals, as it will reduce the
employees output and overall organization's productivity, employees will be more interest in
spoiling the work of other to make themselves superior, politics may the change the attitude of
employees and even the senior officials which may result in lack of work interest. Organizational
politics also influences the team performance as it may cause team dynamics, forming alliances
within team which consequently impact the effectiveness of the team and eventually the
organizational performance (Stapley, 2018).
Organizational power: It refers to one's ability to influence the behaviour of another. It can also
influence the decision of the organization. The two important types of powers are stated below.
Positional power: It is related to the authority based on the manager's position. It includes
legitimate powers, coercive power and reward power.
Personal power: It refers to the personal power that everyone has which allows them to
influence others based on experience, knowledge, qualification etc.
Organizational power can have negative impact if employees misuse the power to
influence others which may lead to misconduct and lower employee productivity. It can also
influence the team performance, if team leader exercises personal power by sharing experience
and knowledge which will have a positive influence on team members and the team
performance. BBC follows personal power in its organization as it gives power and authority
based on the employees knowledge and capability. It gives equal opportunity to everyone who
deserves it (ud din Khan and et.al., 2017).
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