Effect of Culture, Politics and Power on Team and Individual Performance

ORGANISATIONAL
BEHAVIOUR

Table of Contents
ORGANISATIONAL BEHAVIOUR.........................................................................................1
INTRODUCTION...........................................................................................................................3
TASK 1 ...........................................................................................................................................3
P1 Briefly explain the effect of culture, politics and power on team and individual
performance.................................................................................................................................3
TASK 2............................................................................................................................................5
P2 Analyse and apply content& process theory .........................................................................5
P3 Describe the effective team with ineffective team.................................................................7
Task 4...............................................................................................................................................9
P4 Use philosophies and theories in relation with organisational behaviour and business
situation.......................................................................................................................................9
CONCLUSION..............................................................................................................................10
RFEERANCES..............................................................................................................................11
BOOKS&JOURNAL................................................................................................................11

INTRODUCTION
Organisational behaviour is important in every organisation as it depicts the norms and
guidelines and analyse the human behaviour within the firm. With help of organisational
behaviour, entities are able to identify the employees behaviour and attitude with help of
organisational behaviour. SAINSBURY'S'S, which is multinational corporation headquartered in
London, UK. Organisation is leading across the globe and providing consumer goods and
services. This report includes impact of politics, power and culture on organisation and on the
performance of team and individual, various motivation theories and process of management,
evaluating team and ineffective team and philosophies of OB.
TASK 1
P1 Briefly explain the effect of culture, politics and power on team and individual performance
Organisation includes number of functions and operations which are to be managed and
maintained by management in appropriate manner. Organisational behaviour helps the entities to
achieve the output, goals and objectives in appropriate manner. Culture, politics and power play
vital role in organisation and affect the performance of both team members as well as individual.
Impact of these elements is mentioned below-
Culture-
In organisation culture is important for individuals and management. A culture depicts
the norms, guidelines, religion, values etc. Every employee in the organisation, have different
culture and it is responsibility of the firm to ensure that subordinates in the management get
equal respect and no discrimination should be done on the basis of culture (Pereira,2017).
According to Handy theory there are four types of culture which are mentioned below-
 Person Culture- In person culture, every employee in organisation is seen as individual
and as solely person there main focus is on earning profit for themselves. In context to
SAINSBURY'S'S, every department have individual members and person culture mostly
depends upon individual traits and behaviour how they adopt this culture in positive or
negative way.(Jacobs,2019).

 Task Culture- Further comes the task culture in which group members are assigned with
different tasks and they have to finish the work within time period. In relation with
SAINSBURY'S'S, every department perform task, roles and responsibilities according to
their skills and knowledge.(Chumg, 2016).
 Role Culture- In organisation, various types of roles and responsibilities are performed
by management as well as employees. In relation SAINSBURY'S'S, employee in
organisation have roles and they perform their assigned roles in proper manner.
 Power Culture- Power refers to influencing other decision to get the work done in
appropriate manner. Power culture depicts the culture in which rules and regulations are
imposed by superior authorities. SAINSBURY'S'S, adopt the power culture in proper
manner so that business activities and operations run smoothly and effective decision
making is done.
Power-
Power refers to affecting other decision and making them agreed to do the work within a
time period. There are different types of power such as legitimate, reward, referent power etc.
These types of power are described below-
 Reward power- This types of power is given by managers to the employee for the work
and effort they have contributed to the organisation.
 Legitimate power- In this power, it is derived on the bases of position that an individual
possess within the firm. (Farhan, 2018).
 Referent power- Referent power refers to power which is owned by personal references
by leaders or managers. In context to SAINSBURY'S'S, their mangers use referent power
carefully so that employees morale and culture does not affected.
Politics-
Politics in the organisation is both positive and negative depending upon the perception
of every individual in the firm. Politics affect the performance of team and individual at broader
level. In relation with SAINSBURY'S'S, politics in firm is bound to happen because there are
many subordinates in the organisation who wants get recognised in front of superiors. Politics
also means spreading of negative word of mouth about the colleagues and or other members so
that person can take competitive advantage within the organisation.