Organisational Behaviour: Influence of Culture, Politics, and Power

ORGANISATIONAL
BEHAVIOUR

INTRODUCTION
Organisational behaviour considered as a study in which individual interact within a
group of people. Basically this study is an effort to create most effectual and appropriate
organisational firm. The major idea behind the study of organisational behaviour is that it is a
scientific approach which can be applied to the management of organisational activities.
Organisational behaviour theories are applied for the purpose of improvising the behaviour of
people within an organisation (Acharya and et. al., 2011). This also refers as the process of
identifying, recognising, explaining and predicting the different sort of behaviour of employees
towards any kind of activities and task which are assigned by the firm to their employees, thus as
to reaching at organisational desired goals and objectives. 4Com Plc is the selected organisation
for this particular report, it is a small telecommunication company which provides different
telecommunication facilities to businesses in the United Kingdom. This report content the study
about organisational culture, policies and power that helps in influencing individuals and team’s
behaviour. Various important and motivational theories are also described here in the report.
TASK 1
P1) Analyse how an organisation’s culture, politics and power influence individual and team
behaviour and performance.
In today's modern business environment the major purpose of each small as well as large
business enterprises is to attain high growth and success at market place through enhancing the
performance and growth of firm within the geographical region. Politics, culture and power can
be referred as the important element in an organisation which highly affects the performance and
behaviour of an individual within an organisation. Handy's culture typology is considered as the
most effective theory which is appropriate in analysing the culture of an organisation in efficient
way (Adeniji, 2011). This theory was propounded by Charles Handy in the year of 1999. It
defines that organisations are most efficient element of countries growth and the activities are
relay on the culture of a firm. Culture is based on beliefs, expectation and values, it is essential
for an organisation to adopt change as to grow and attain a higher competitive edge. Handy
defines the elements of culture in different categories which are described as below:
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Illustration 1: Handy's Culture Typology
(Source: Handy's Culture typology, 2015)
Power Culture: This is the first element of this theory which consist as the most essential
component of an organisation. This element plays vast role in determining the power or strength
of an organisation. In this recent business era competition is so high at market area and firms are
majorly focused on achieving high growth and success at market area. Power can be described as
the strength of an individual or firm (Coccia, 2014). In the competitive environment
organisations are focused on increasing their profit and revenue through enhancing their business
performance. thus for this firms are classifying their business operations and activities within
different departments and in which they assign some power to the people who are having
appropriate skills and capabilities to handle the assigned responsibilities in appropriate manner.
As a small telecommunication company it is essential for 4Com Plc to assign some
responsibilities to the department heads as to carry out the all business operations in significant
way. In the working environment of 4Com Plc proper powers are assigned to the member of
higher authority or managers in respect to taking effective decisions that are beneficial for the
growth and development of the firm. In this businesses management is focuses on assigning
power to the individuals according to their skills and ability or they are applying the power in the
favour of taking effective decisions that are creating support to the progress of the firm.
Therefore, this is also effective for an individual in the manner to gaining power and position
within the work place and enhance their professional skills.
Role Culture: This is another important aspect of Handy's theory, this emphasizes on the roles
and responsibilities that are handled or controlled by the higher authorities and manager of an
organisation. The management or employees of 4Com Plc are very much aware about the roles
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