Organisational Behaviour: A Case Study of BBC

ORGANISATIONAL BEHAVIOUR
BBC

Table of Contents
INTRODUCTION...........................................................................................................................5
TASK 1............................................................................................................................................6
P1: ANALYSIS OF THE INFLUENCE OF CULTURE, POLITICS AND POWER ON THE
BEHAVIOUR OF EMPLOYEES IN BBC.....................................................................................6
INFLUENCE OF POWER, CULTURE, AND POLITICS ON THE BEHAVIOUR WITHIN
BBC.................................................................................................................................................9
M1: CRITICAL ANALYSIS OF THE INFLUENCE OF THE CULTURE, POLITICS AND
POWER OF ON THE INDIVIDUAL AND TEAM BEHAVIOUR AND PERFORMANCE IN
BBC...............................................................................................................................................12
TASK 2..........................................................................................................................................13
P2: INFLUENCE OF CONTENT AND PROCESS THEORIES OF MOTIVATION TO BRING
IMPROVEMENT IN THE EFFECTIVENESS IN THE TEAMS WITHIN THE BBC..............13
M2: CRITICALLY EVALUATION OF THE INFLUENCE OF THE BEHAVIOUR OF
OTHERS THROUGH THE EFFECTIVE APPLICATION OF BEHAVIOURAL
MOTIVATIONAL THEORIES, CONCEPTS AND MODELS...................................................16
TASK 3..........................................................................................................................................18
P3: IDENTIFICATION OF TEAM AND ITS TYPES AND ITS IMPORTNACE WITHIN BBC
.......................................................................................................................................................18
APPLYING GROUP DEVELOPMENT THEORIES TO FIND EFFECTIVE TEAMS IN BBC
.......................................................................................................................................................20
M3: ANALYSE GROUP DEVELOPMENT THEORY TO SUPPORT THE DEVELOPMENT
OF DYNAMIC COOPERATION IN BBC...................................................................................22
TASK 4..........................................................................................................................................24
P4: APPLY CONCEPTS AND PHILOSOPHIES OF OB WITHIN AN ORGANISATIONAL
CONTEXT AND A GIVEN BUSINESS SITUATION...............................................................24
MAIN BARRIERS TO EFFECTIVE PERFORMANCE WITHIN BBC....................................26
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M4: INFORMING AND INFLUENCING EMPLOYEES BEHAVIOUR IN POSITIVE AND
NEGATIVE WAYS THROUGH PATH-GOAL THEORY.........................................................27
CONCLUSION..............................................................................................................................28
REFERENCES..............................................................................................................................29
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List of Tables
Table 1: Task v/s Relationship Leadership....................................................................................16
Table 2: Positive and Negative Aspect of Path-Goal Theory........................................................26
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List of Figures
Figure 1: Charles Handy's Theory...................................................................................................7
Figure 2: Hofstede Dimension of Cultural Theory..........................................................................9
Figure 3: French and Ravens 5 Power Theory..............................................................................11
Figure 4: Maslow Hierarchy Theory.............................................................................................13
Figure 6: Aldefer ERG Theory......................................................................................................14
Figure 7: Emotional Intelligence...................................................................................................16
Figure 8: Tuckman Team Development Theory...........................................................................20
Figure 9: Belbin Team Role Theory..............................................................................................22
Figure 10: Path-Goal Theory.........................................................................................................24
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INTRODUCTION
Organisational Behaviour (OB) could be defined as the study of the behaviour of humans in the
organizational setting, especially in the organisational roles. Furthermore, it is also concerned
with the predicting, understanding and influencing the behaviour of an individual within an
organisation (Kitchin, 2017). The given study is based on OB and aims to describe the influence
of the politics, culture and the power within an organization and the behaviours of the people. In
addition to this, the unit will also help to understand different teams, team dynamics and
different aspects involved in the business. To analyse it effectively, a case study of British
Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) has been taken into consideration so as to effectively
understand organizational behaviour with the help of different theories and concepts.
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TASK 1
P1: ANALYSIS OF THE INFLUENCE OF CULTURE, POLITICS
AND POWER ON THE BEHAVIOUR OF EMPLOYEES IN BBC
Organisational culture consists of the beliefs, behaviours and values. There are different factors
such as tools that employees need to perform their functions, working areas and other task and
responsibilities which are supervised with assigned works and behavioural effect with the
employee behaviour. In order to evaluate this, the impact of culture, politics and power would be
the employee's behaviour on BBC would be evaluated to a certain extent.
Influence of Culture
Classification of Culture
Organizational culture could be defined as different types of values, attitudes and behaviours
followed within an organisation. In the companies like the BBC, it helps in maintaining a healthy
culture for better working of the employees in the environment of the given organisation. There
are different types of influences of the organizational culture on the team of BBC which could be
analysed using Charles Handy's theory so as to explain the behaviour of an individual employee
in an effective way.
It consists of four theories which have a strong impact on the thinking of the management of
BBC. By the utilisation of the Charles Handy's theory an effective organizational culture,
development and leadership are maintained in the BBC (Harper, 2018).
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Figure 1: Charles Handy's Theory
Source: [Schroeder, 2018]
Power Culture
In this type of culture, the real power to manage the employee is in the hands of some leaders
which guides others and have a full control over them. It is a strong decision culture and is
adopted by the BBC to maintain a healthy environment. It helps in the generation of positive
power in the office so that the employees would be motivated and provides their valuable
feedbacks for effective decision making. However, its flip side is that it results in disrespect of
the employees in the BBC (Schroeder, 2018).
Role Culture
This type of culture is used where an individual employee holds a special significance and play
different roles in the organisation. BBC effectively implements the role of culture in the
organization to designate certain roles to their employees so as to have a positive influence on its
growth (Newbert and Craig, 2017).
Person Culture
Different individuals are currently working in the BBC which has different skills and
characteristics yet all work together to achieve the main objectives of an organisation. By doing
this, they would be able to enhance their career growth and help them to reach a higher position
to BBC (do Carmo Silva and Gomes, 2015).
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