Influence of Organizational Power, Politics, and Culture on Behavior and Performance

ORGANIZATIONAL BEHAVIOUR

Table of Contents
INTRODUCTION.......................................................................................................................................3
LO 1............................................................................................................................................................3
Organizational power, politics and culture influence team and Individual behavior & performance.......3
Analyze organizational culture, power and politics influence on behavior in workplace........................6
Process and content theories of motivation and motivational technique..................................................7
Examine influence of motivational theories and methods on staff behavior in company........................9
Conclude suggestions in context of organization to improve staff performance to meet aims...............10
LO 3..........................................................................................................................................................10
Team development theory and its effectiveness....................................................................................10
Skills and factors that assist or hinder effective teamwork....................................................................13
Benefits of working in a team................................................................................................................14
Benefits of working in group as leader and members............................................................................14
Effectiveness of team work in achieving aims.......................................................................................15
LO 4..........................................................................................................................................................16
Concepts and philosophies of organizational behavior within company................................................16
CONCLUSION.........................................................................................................................................17
REFERENCES..........................................................................................................................................18

INTRODUCTION
Organizational behavior is defined as application and study of knowledge about human
behavior related to other components of a company such as technology, structure and social
programmes. It also refers to subset of management actions concerned with comprehending,
influencing and predicting individual nature in organizational setting.
The current study is based on John Lewis partnership which is one of the most popular
department outlets in UK. This report explains influence of organizational culture, power and
politics on team as well as individual behavior and performance. It examines motivational
theories and techniques enable effective achievement of organization aims. This assignment also
analyzes influence of organizational culture, power and politics on group and worker activities.
Furthermore, this study will evaluate motivational theories and concepts influence on
other behavior, explain benefits of working in a team, effectiveness of team work in achieving
aims and clarify effectiveness of team work to gain aims in workplace.
LO 1
Organizational power, politics and culture influence team and Individual behavior &
performance
Power culture-
Organization with this type of culture influence performance and behavior of worker &
team positively when decision taken by few people in favor of others (Nguyen, 2018). According
to this culture few people are accountable for taking decision in context of task allocation within
John Lewis company, it impact on team performance as well as individual when manager decide
to divide work based on skill and abilities of people that enhance their practices rather than
before. It can be said that managers in such kind of culture sometimes can be partial to someone
to main unrest among others that impact negatively.
Role culture-

Accordant to this culture worker is delegated accountabilities and roles according to their
educational qualification, skills and interest to extract the best out of them (Gharpurea and et.al.,
2018). It impact on team performance within John Lewis company as well as their behavior
positively because people decided what best they will do. Everyone in workplace is responsible
for something and has to take ownership of work assigned to them. It create positive work
environment around workplace and boost up the morale of team members which make them able
to perform effectively.
Figure 1Handy Model of Organizational Culture
(Source: Charles Handy Model of Organization Culture, 2020)
Task culture-
Firm with task culture influence individual and group behavior & performance level
effectively (Plester and Hutchison, 2016). Teams are formed in workplace to achieve specific
task or target which in return increases productivity of John Lewis firm more than past few
years. Individuals with same interests come together to build a group who is able to achieve set
aims and objectives by working together. By contributing equally and collaborating with each
other individual can perform in team and reach at target market in effective manner.
Person culture-

This culture impact on team and individual behavior as well as performance negatively
because according to person culture an individual feel that they are more essential than its
company (Al-Jenaibi, 2017). There are many firms where workers feel the same these companies
follow a culture known as person culture. Person only think about their own work and less
interested in other activities, they are not interested to support its co-workers. This type of
culture influences negatively on individual performance and behavior and team of John Lewis
company. They feel demotivated and deny working with self oriented person.
Coercive power-
It is not much effective but most in use kind of power in corporate world. According to
this type of power, manager in John Lewis partnership firm can force individual to perform task
against their abilities that put negative impact on its motivational level and worker decided to not
perform effectively (Baines and Van Den Broek, 2017). It also influences on team behavior and
performance in same manner which is inappropriate for business growth and workplace
environment.
Reward power-
Another power used in most companies is reward authority which directly affects staff
behavior and performance in workplace (Mirzaei and et.al., 2019). When manager or leader
gives rewards to its workers either team or individual based on their contribution without making
any differences it enhance performance level of both effectively. It change behavior of people
towards management positively and make them able to always ready for work in any kind to
situation.
Legitimate power-
It is power of role or specific position within company, it typically control and command
structure that is used by many firms (Wellman and et.al., 2016). It acts as formalized method of
assuring that there is someone to make good or bad decision and that someone is accountable.
When the decision taken by top authority regarding appraisal is in favorable of all the staff
members it enhance behavior of individual and team positively. Furthermore, this type of power

also increases performance level of all the workers because they feel that management is concern
about their staff needs.
Expert power-
It closely connected to informational power, this type of authority reflect when an
individual possesses in depth info, expertise or knowledge in area in which they are accountable
for. It is one of the most effective forms of power which influence single employees and team
member’s performance (Savolainen, 2020). By going job in specialized are worker can do much
better than other and feel really very great. On the other hand, when positive behavior labor work
in team they also influence other productivity.
Organizational politics-
It consider as self serving behavior that workers utilize to increase probability of getting
outcomes in John Lewis partnership department store (Zhijie and et.al., 2019). It analyzed that
when manager use their power and position in negative way it affects negatively individual and
team performance and decrease organization productivity rather than past few months. On the
other hand, good political behavior attempt by manager influence staff performance positively
and allow them to feel comfortable while working in workplace with other members.
It can be said that organizational politics put negative effect on team performance as well
as behavior when it used in unethically, but when it use positively then it influence in good
manner. It is self serving behavior that workers use to enhance probability of getting positive
outcomes in John Lewis.
Analyze organizational culture, power and politics influence on behavior in workplace
It analyzed that organizational politics influence on behavior of staff in workplace
positively when manager and leader treat their workers equally without any favoritism in their
behavior towards people (Landells and Albrecht, 2017). As it directly impact on abilities and
work activities of people negatively.
Along with this factor, organizational culture also influence employees behavior in work
area when it used by senior in positive and ethical manner. While using their power in effective