Organisational Behaviour Concept of Sainsbury

Organisational
Behaviour

Table of Contents
INTRODUCTION...........................................................................................................................1
TASK 1............................................................................................................................................1
P1. Analysis of organization's culture, politics and power influence individual and team
behaviour and performance....................................................................................................1
TASK 2............................................................................................................................................5
P2. Evaluation of content and process theories of motivation and motivational techniques. 5
TASK 3............................................................................................................................................8
P3. Explanation of what makes an effective team as opposed to an ineffective team...........8
TASK 4............................................................................................................................................3
P4. Concept and philosophies of organizational behaviour within an organizational context3
CONCLUSION................................................................................................................................4
REFERENCES................................................................................................................................5

INTRODUCTION
Organizational behavior refers to the process of study of both group and individual
performance and function within a company. It can be an area and field of study to monitor
human behavior in a work environment and analyses its effect on job structure, performance,
communication, motivation and leadership etc. Organizational behavior is helpful because with
the help of it, the management of a company can study the complex nature of human beings and
find out causes and impacts of that behavior (Bakotić, 2016). It is necessary for a company
because with the help of it manager of an organization can effectively describe that why the
human resource of the firm engage in some behavior rather than others and create impacts that
how the workers behave in them. This assignment is based on Sainsbury which is the second
largest chain of supermarkets in UK. This firm was established by John James Sainsbury in 1869
and headquartered in Holborn, London, UK. This firm produce several product such as
hypermarket, supermarket, superstore, convenience shop and forecourt shop etc. This document
will discuss about an organization's culture, politics and power influence individual and team
behavior and performance. Further will be explained about content and process theories and
explanation of team effectiveness as opposed to an ineffective team. Concept and philosophies of
organizational behavior will also defined within an organizational context.
TASK 1
P1. Analysis of organization's culture, politics and power influence individual and team behavior
and performance
Organizational culture- It indicates to the collective values, beliefs and principles of
organizational people and is a product of factors like history, goods, market,. Technology,
strategy, types of employees, management style and national culture etc. Organizational culture
also consist the organization's vision, values, norms and systems of the company. In Sainsbury,
the culture of the firm shows the values, beliefs and philosophy which help in providing
guidance and leadership to the manpower. Within this organization, if the management of the
firm effectively follow the culture of the firm, it will be help for increasing the productivity and
profitability of the company and also enhancing the performance of the employees (Balwant,
2018). Positive and good culture of the organization is helpful for reducing the problems and
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issues which are generating in the firm. The management of Sainsbury can use different model of
culture to monitor the effective of it, some of them are defined as following:
Handy's Model of organisational culture
This model is formulated by Charles Handy to monitor the culture of an organisation.
This model consist various elements and they are mentioned as below:
Power culture- Within this factor, the power of decision making is having by some
people and they are only responsible to take decision in context of any problem and issue
(Bester, Stander and Van Zyl, 2015). In Sainsbury, manager are some specific individual who are
responsible to take decision and they have not any need and requirement of consulting with the
employees. This type of culture is not good for the firm because it does not useful and beneficial
for the growth and development of the company because it generate demotivation within the
employees and they feel that they are not important resources for the organisation. It create
unfavourable impact upon team and individual because due to lack of motivation they do not
their efforts and effectiveness for the growth of the company an it affect team work and task.
Role culture- It is another element and under it, the manger of the company is
responsible for sharing all the information and data which is required and needed to other people.
This type of culture is highly job oriented and can often be found in bureaucratic firms. This type
culture is not flexible in nature. In Sainsbury, the roles and responsibilities is assigned by the
management of the company to the employees according to their skills and competencies. It
positively affect the company because if the manager of respective company play their role
properly then it encourage employees and team and attain their objectives appropriately.
Task culture- This is the another component of this model and according to it, the work
and task are allotted to the workers of the company by determining their knowledge and skills. In
Sainsbury, the administration of the firm assigned the work to the employees according their
capabilities and competencies. So that it can be monitored that they are able to perform any task
or not. In some cases, the manager of the company provide work to the workers to monitor the
past performance of them. It favourably affect the team and individual behaviour because if the
work is allotted to them as per their knowledge and skills and then complete it in effective
manner and adequately accomplish task objectives.
Person culture- This culture can be often found in professional organisations where
people are totally independent and have effective education and work by using their own
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