Influence of Organisational Culture, Power and Politics on Team Behaviour of Unilever

Organisational
behaviour

Table of Contents
INTRODUCTION...........................................................................................................................4
TASK 1............................................................................................................................................4
P1 Influence of organisational culture, power and politics on team behaviour of Unilever.......4
M1 Critical evaluation of impacts Culture, Power and Politics have on Unilever Individuals
and team behaviours....................................................................................................................7
TASK 2............................................................................................................................................7
P2 Evaluation of motivational techniques for effective achievement of objective in context of
Unilever.......................................................................................................................................7
M2 Critical analysis of influence motivational theories have on individuals or team
behavioural of Unilever...............................................................................................................9
D1 Analysis of relationships between culture, power, politics and motivation and its role in
success of teams in Unilever.....................................................................................................10
TASK 3 .........................................................................................................................................10
P3 Formation of effective team and understanding Tuckman teamwork development theory 10
M3 Analysis of group development theories for creation of cooperation in effective teams...12
TASK 4..........................................................................................................................................12
P4 Apply concepts and philosophies of organisational behaviour in the context of an
organisation in the given business situation..............................................................................12
M4 Influence of range of philosophies of organisational behaviour on Unilever....................14
D2 Critical evaluation of team development theories fore influencing behaviour of employees
and improving team performances............................................................................................14
CONCLUSION..............................................................................................................................14
REFERENCES .............................................................................................................................15

INTRODUCTION
Organisational behaviour is the concept of studying human behaviour and also helps in
analysing the activities of management which is related with the prediction and understanding of
employees. It is the type of research whose basic objective is to identify the needs and
requirements of its workforce. As this study focus on the interaction of employees and reflects
the behaviour, values and assumptions by which their employees helps in contributing in the
environment of organisation. It is a type of social system which helps in combining the humans
and technology in order to apply their skills and knowledge in which people can take actions in
the company. In this sense, people join organisation in order to attain goals and objectives as per
the need of of their structure(Kitchin, 2017). For this, researchers use scientific research in order
to understand and develop employees in order to analyse that what people do in the specific
conditions of an organisation. This report is based on the Unilever which is a British-Dutch
transactional consumer goods and headquarter in London, UK and Rotterdam, Netherlands.
Unilever owns around 400 brands and was founded in 1929. this report is going to focus on the
culture, power and politics which impacts the teams and behaviour of organisation. Furthermore,
it evaluates the different theories of motivation and techniques which is useful in the
accomplishment of different goals and objectives and also demonstrate the effectiveness of
teams. In addition to this, various theories and models are applied in the context of organisation.
TASK 1
P1 Influence of organisational culture, power and politics on team behaviour of Unilever
Organisational culture is a manner in which an company works, it is basically a
composition of values, beliefs, ideas and perceptions by which an entity operates. It is a system
of shared belief and attitude that develops in an organisation and serves as a guide for the
employees along with other related parties. Organisational culture can also be defined as a
pattern having strong influence on the individuals, their behaviour and the manner they work.
Every organisation follow some culture or they develop a smooth culture by time by setting
some boundaries which works as guidelines for all the members of entity(Balwant, 2018). For
describing organisational culture Handy's model is used in order to determine the culture of
Unilever.