Organisational Behaviour

Organisational Behaviour

Table of Contents
INTRODUCTION...........................................................................................................................1
PART 1 ...........................................................................................................................................1
LO 1.................................................................................................................................................1
P1 Impact of organisational culture, politics and power on individual’s and team’s behaviour
and performance.....................................................................................................................1
LO 2.................................................................................................................................................4
P2 Content and process theories of motivation......................................................................4
PART 2............................................................................................................................................7
LO 3.................................................................................................................................................7
P3 Explain what makes an effective team as opposed to an ineffective team.......................7
LO 4.................................................................................................................................................9
P4 Concepts and philosophies of organisational behaviour ..................................................9
CONCLUSION..............................................................................................................................10
REFERENCES..............................................................................................................................11
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INTRODUCTION
Organisational behaviour provides information about both group and individual
efficiency, performance and activity within a firm. The main aim of organisational behaviour is
to revitalize or enhance companies capabilities through developing a better conceptualisation of
organizational life and also provide a better interface between human behaviour and firm
(Ashkanasy and Humphrey, 2011). The company selected for this assignment is Arcadia group
which is a British multinational relating company having it’s headquarter in London, United
kingdom. This assignment is divided into two parts, first part of which includes influence or
effect of culture, politics and power on behaviours of individuals, employees and teams of an
organisation and also consist of theories of motivations to achieve desired goals through
motivating individuals and teams. Other part of this report includes, an analysis of team
dynamics and behaviour and role of team members to differentiate between an effective and
ineffective team. An evaluation of team development theories and reflection of concepts and
philosophies of organisational behaviour are also included in this report.
PART 1
LO 1
P1 Impact of organisational culture, politics and power on individual’s and team’s behaviour and
performance
Overview of organisation- Arcadia group which is formally known as Arcadia group plc
and Burton group plc is a well known multinational retailing organisation headquartered in
London, UK. It is mainly famous for its high street clothing retailers but also provides other
accessories and shoes to its customers. Arcadia group Ltd. Is having more than 2500 outlets in
UK and also have several hundred franchises in other parts of world across different countries. It
is having more than 22000 employees thus, it become necessary for this organisation to provide a
suitable atmosphere and work environment to its employees to motivate them for achievement of
desired goals (Arcadia, 2019).
The organisational behaviour which includes culture, politics and power of an firm
creates a significant effect or impact on the individual and team behaviour and performance
(Ates and Bititci, 2011). A description of all these factors is provided below:
Culture
1