Organisational Behaviour: Culture, Politics, Power, Motivation, and Team Development

Organisational
Behaviour

Table of Contents
INTRODUCTION...........................................................................................................................1
MAIN BODY...................................................................................................................................1
TASK 1............................................................................................................................................1
P1: Analyse how an organisation’s culture, politics and power influence individual and team
behaviour and performance....................................................................................................1
Organisation’s politics:...........................................................................................................3
Organisation’s Power:............................................................................................................3
M1: Critically analyse how the culture, politics and power of an organisation can influence
individual and team behaviour and performance...................................................................4
TASK 2............................................................................................................................................4
P2: Evaluate how content and process theories of motivation and motivational techniques
enable effective achievement of goals in an organisational context......................................4
M2: Critically evaluate how to influence the behaviour of others through the effective
application of behavioural motivational theories, concepts and models................................7
D1: Critically evaluate the relationship between culture, politics, power and motivation that
enables teams and organisations to succeed providing justified recommendations...............7
TASK 3............................................................................................................................................8
P3: Explain what makes an effective team as opposed to an ineffective team......................8
M3: Analyse relevant team and group development theories to support the development of
dynamic cooperation............................................................................................................10
TASK 4..........................................................................................................................................10
P4: Apply concepts and philosophies of organisational behaviour within an organisational
context and a given business situation..................................................................................10
M4: Explore and evaluate how concepts and philosophies of OB inform and influence
behaviour in both a positive and negative way....................................................................12

D2: Critically analyse and evaluate the relevance of team development theories in context of
organisational behaviour concepts and philosophies that influence behaviour in the work place
..............................................................................................................................................12
CONCLUSION..............................................................................................................................12
REFERENCES..............................................................................................................................14

INTRODUCTION
Organisational behaviour is used to describe actions of human beings within a company
or a team which could impact its overall performance. Organisational behaviour assists in
improving productivity, efficiency and to bring innovative ideas in the firm to provide it a
competitive advantage in marketplace (Khan and et. al., 2020). The following report covers how
politics, power and culture of Tesco could impact team behaviour and performance. Tesco is a
British multinational grocery and general merchandise retailer. The company has its headquarters
in Welwyn Garden city, England and was established by Jack Cohen in 1919. By implementing
different motivational theories, it has been explained what factors encourages team members to
perform well. Furthermore, this report also describes various types of teams and by applying
team development theories how company could develop its team bonding. Lastly, it focuses on
the concept and philosophies of organisational behavioural through path goal theory that impacts
the performance of employees.
TASK 1
P1: Analyse how an organisation’s culture, politics and power influence individual and team
behaviour and performance
Organisation’s culture:
This explains the way people behave in an organisation which contains shared beliefs and
values leaders established in company. These values are then implemented in firm through
different methods which helps in shaping personalities of employees. Cultural differences are
important within an organisation as it helps in reducing cultural barriers and building an
inclusive work environment (Benuyenah and Pandya, 2020). It also assists in understanding how
different culture impacts individuals' personalities, perception and their way of communication
with others. Given below is a theory which is used to understand different cultures and how it
could influence working environment of an organisation:
Hofstede’s dimensions of culture theory
This theory was purposed by Geert Hofstede which is used to evaluate differences
between various national cultures and they could impact business. Hofstede defined six different
categories that explain culture:
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