Influence of Culture, Politics, and Power on Individual and Team Behaviour

Organisational
Behaviour

Table of Contents
INTRODUCTION ..........................................................................................................................3
PART 1............................................................................................................................................3
P1 Influence of culture, politics and power on individual and team behaviour.........................3
P2 Apply content and process theories for motivating team and individual to develop effective
team.............................................................................................................................................5
REFLECTION.................................................................................................................................7
PART 2............................................................................................................................................8
P3 Effective and ineffective teams..............................................................................................8
P4 Application of concepts and philosophies of organisational behaviour within an
organisation ..............................................................................................................................10
CONCLUSION .............................................................................................................................11
REFRENCES.................................................................................................................................13
Books and Journal.....................................................................................................................13

INTRODUCTION
Organisational Behaviour is the study of individuals and group working in an
organisation. It is important to understand the employees and then formulate the strategies that
motivated employees. The employees that are motivated work with dedication and help to
achieve goals and objectives of the organisation. The report is based on Google UK ltd. which
offers advertising programs and web based search engine that includes different options such as
image, web, directory, and news searches (Alblas, Wijsman and Noort, 2019). The company has
its headquarters in London and was founded in 2000. The report is based on the impact of power,
politics and culture on organization. It is important to motivate the employees so different
theories are mentioned to motivate the employees. Difference between effective team and
ineffective team is also mentioned in the report. Various organizational behavior theories and
discussed.
PART 1
P1 Influence of culture, politics and power on individual and team behaviour.
Employees are the one that work for the organisation and it is vital to understand the
behaviour of employees. There is direct impact of power, culture and politics on the employees.
The impact is discussed below:
Influence of power
Power is the ability to influence others. It plays a important role in an organisation and on
the behaviour of individual and team. The various type of power in relation Google UK ltd. Are
as follows:
Coercive power: This power is derived out of threat. Under this employees work due to
threat of loosing something. In relation to Google UK ltd. This power is used in condition when
employees are not working. They are punished for not completing the task on time.
Reward Power: It is use of motivation that is rewards, perks etc to make the employees
work. The seniors take care that the employees are rewarded for there performance. In respect to
Google UK ltd. The leader monitor the performance of employees and reward them for their
outstanding work (Barbaranelli and et.al., 2019).

Legitimate power: The power of leader is due to the position held by the person. The
decision-making is in the hand of leader. In Google UK ltd. The decisions are taken by higher
authority.
Referent power: The leader has created a position that all the employees follow the
decisions. It is due to follower's respect, identification, or admiration with the leader.
Expert power: This states that advise from expert is taken to influence the employees. In
relation to Google UK ltd. They take advise in case of requirement as it helps to take better
decisions.
Influence of politics
Politics in an organization demotivate the employees. The impact of Politics on
individual and team is discussed below:
Decrease in Productivity: As there is direct impact of politics on employees. The
productivity of employees decrease due to demotivate faced by them (Shah, Anwar and Irani,
2017). In relation to Google UK ltd. They maintain good environment so that employees can
work effectively.
Spoliation of working surround: As the employees feel demotivated there are chances
of conflicts among them. That hampers the working relation and give rise to spoliation in
working environment.
Change in rational cognition of worker: There is lack of positivism in workplace due to
politics. Employees are unable to work with dedication and are not motivated. All this creates
imbalance in the organization and employees working.
Influence of culture
All the employees come from diverse locations and work in an organization. The culture
of that company influence them to work. It directly impacts the individual and teams of the
organization. Handy's Culture Model is used to explain it further:
Power Culture: It is vital to give power in hands of those that have ability to influence
the team and individuals that working in the organization. In respect to Google UK ltd. The
power is given in those hands that make decision-making effectively. This culture creates
positivism in the organization and employees work according to the decisions taken by the
people in power.