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Organisational Behaviour Assignment : Barclays Banks

   

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ORGANISATIONALBEHAVIOUR

Table of ContentsINTRODUCTION...........................................................................................................................3MAIN BODY...................................................................................................................................3P1. Effect of culture, power and performance on the organisation.............................................3M1. Analysis how Power, culture and politics can affect the performance of the employee.....4P2 Content and process theory of motivation ............................................................................5M2 & D2 Explain How to evaluate the performance of other in the team.................................8P3. What makes Effective Team oppose to Ineffective Team....................................................9M3. Explain Different Team Development Theory..................................................................10P4. Explain Different Organisational Behaviour Theory..........................................................11M4 & D2. How organisational behaviour approaches can affect the performance both innegative and positive way.........................................................................................................12CONCLUSION..............................................................................................................................12REFERENCES..............................................................................................................................14

INTRODUCTIONOrganisation behaviour is the study of the human behaviour in the organisation Present study isbased on Barclays bank which is the leading firm in banking industry and has many branchesacross the world. Current assignment will describe influence of culture, power and politics onindividual behaviour. Study will evaluate various motivational theories such as expectancy,Maslow theory. Assignment will define the factors that make an effective team. At last, reportwill apply philosophies of organisation behaviour within an organisational contextMAIN BODYP1. Effect of culture, power and performance on the organisationOrganisation's culture has variety of attributes to offer to a business and which in general arevery dynamic to the business nature. Barclays Banks being one of the most trusted and oldestbank in the UK has already gone through various number of changes in the past and still requiresundergoing it. Not just culture, Power and Politics are also two other elements of Barclays Bankwhich is performed in the organisation (Onik and Fielt, 2016).Culture: Hofstede's Model and Handy's Model are the two cultural modelHofstede's Model: Model given by Geert Hofstede shows that there are five different type ofculture dimension in an organisation. Low power v/s high power the first one shows that there isno equal distribution of power in between different authority, Individualism v/s collectivismshows that the power is distributed in between individuals and community. Masculinity v/sfemininity shows that there is inequality on the basis of gender. Low v/s high uncertainty inavoidance explains the degree till which employee can avoid the anxiety. Short term v/s longterm orientation is the culture in which decision are evaluated on basis of Time.Figure 1Hofstede modelSource: (Hofstede cultural dimension. 2018)3

At Barclays Bank there is Low power distance almost all the employee are given theequal power in the organisation depending upon the capability of the employee which help inbuilding good working environment. Barclays always believe in collectivism by promoting theteam dynamic in the organisation, which help the firm in building a trust among the employee(Rivers, P., 2018). Barclays bank lower the difference between the male and female bypromoting women in power in the organisation, Barclays always believe in lowering theavoidance level of employee by providing job satisfaction to them and always believe in thinkingabout the future and uncertainty about the future at the same time it also affects the firm innegative way such as when in the team dynamic two employees with different culture andbackground exist there is chance of conflict. And also it is very difficult for the organisation tosatisfy the need of all the employee as the need used to differ.Handy's Cultural Model: There are four type of cultural model:Power culture: These model explains that in all the organisation there are some employees whoenjoy the power of taking the decision in the organisation and have the special advantage andenjoy the decision making right. In the case of Barclays Bank all the employee has the freedomto share their view but and decision is taken by the senior authority as in Banking service anywrong decision can affect very badly but the decision taken always contain the suggestion ofsubordinate (Hazelzet, 2017).Role Culture: It is the culture in which all the employee are specified about their role andresponsibility in the organisation. Barclays bank also follow these culture as in the bank all theemployee are clear about their role and responsibility according to their skill and ability.Task Culture: It is the culture in which team are formed to complete the specific task and roleand responsibility used to change depending on the status of the Work. In Barclays also team areform to complete the specific task more efficiently.Person Culture: These culture explains about the employee in the organisation, in this activityvarious step and activity are conducted to make employee feel comfortable about theorganisation. Barclays also conduct informal meeting or program to keep employee comfortable.M1. Analysis how Power, culture and politics can affect the performance of the employeePower and politics are the two big factor which always influence the working and performanceof the employee in the organisation as these are the two factor which attract the attention andalso divert the employee from their work. There is always a tough fight between employee in the4

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