Organisational Behaviour

Running head: ORGANISATIONAL BEHAVIOUR
Organisational behaviour
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Table of Contents
Organisational behaviour.................................................................................................................1
Introduction......................................................................................................................................3
Theories of organisational behaviour that could be applied in an organisational setting................3
Organisational problem situations and formulation of managerial interventions considering the
cultural, ethical and social factors...................................................................................................4
Findings on current developments in organisational behaviour......................................................7
Recommendation.............................................................................................................................8
Conclusion.......................................................................................................................................8
References........................................................................................................................................9

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Introduction
The essay will be prepared to encourage a productive performance from all the employees
by taking care of their needs, designing good jobs and creating better working conditions,
furthermore keep them motivated to perform committed at Wesfarmers Ltd. in Australia.
Wesfarmers Limited, being a conglomerate company, manages its business operations in the retail
chains of Australia and New Zealand. The company has its subsidiaries including Coles
Supermarket, Bunnings Warehouse, etc (Wesfarmers.com.au 2018).
Theories of organisational behaviour that could be applied in an organisational setting.
There are various organisational theories that are associated with the management of work
planning and achieve standardisation within the organisational setting. This would not only
improve the business performance by enhancing the productivity but would also create a sense of
trust and loyalty among the management level and the staffs of Wesfarmers Ltd. in Australia.
According to Taylor (2012), scientific management theory consists of various principles including
the selection of the most effective worker, management of labour and providing training sessions
to them as well (Bowling, Wang and Li 2012). `The bureaucratic approach has helped
Wesfarmers to maintain a good organisational structure with proper working conditions so as to
encourage the productive performance from the employees.
According to Henry Fayol, the administrative theory is based on the management
principles, which enable proper designing of jobs, create good working conditions and keep the
staffs motivated through rewards. All these factors influence the performance of the

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organisation and allow it to adapt to changes with ease. The situational approach theory,
contingency and socio technical approaches are other theories applied within the organisational
setting as well.
The systems approach could allow the organisation consisting of different sub systems to
link the processes with the objectives while the socio technical approach would consider
Wesfarmers as a composed and reliable social system, technically improved and its environment.
The contingency approach, also known as the situational approach theory would make the
company understand that the systems are interrelated, which should be important for growth and
development and encouragement of productive performance from the employees (Alessandri et
al. 2012).
The goals should be set to improve the business performance and gain better control over
the organisational functions. At first, the action plan should be created and then find the most
suitable employees who could be part of the action plan implementation. The workers must
engage in the training sessions and periodic appraisal would assist in assessing the performances
of the employees working at Wesfarmers. It is important to check whether they can be appropriate
for the implementation of action plan or not. Lastly, the performance appraisal would monitor the
employee performance and create scopes for recording the actual outcomes required for
implementing the action plan. All these are major responsibilities of the manager or leader, who
must be active enough to adapt to changes and make sure that the employees are kept motivated
and encouraged to perform effectively (Beal et al. 2013).