Impact of Company's Politics, Power and Culture on Organisational Behaviour - Desklib

Organisational
Behaviour

Contents
INTRODUCTION...........................................................................................................................3
TASK 1............................................................................................................................................3
P1 Analysis of how company’s politics, power and culture impact team and individual
performance and behaviour.........................................................................................................3
P2 Evaluation of how process and content motivation theories assist attainment of objectives
in context to organisation.............................................................................................................5
P3 Explain effective teams compared to an ineffective team......................................................8
P4 Apply concepts & philosophies of organisation behaviour in context to organisation..........9
CONCLUSION..............................................................................................................................11
REFERENCES..............................................................................................................................12

INTRODUCTION
Organisational behaviour is defined as study of human behaviour within organisational
settings or it is the interface among human behaviour and company. The main objective of
organisational behaviour is to gain insight about how people act and to develop an effective
conceptualization within the organisation. In addition to this, it help an organisation to know
about management activities associated with predicting, understanding as well as influencing
behaviour of individuals prevailing within the organisation (Adams, 2018). For the present
report, Marks and Spencer is taken into consideration. It is a British multinational retailer which
was founded in year 1884 and headquartered in London, UK. The company specialise in selling
home products, clothing, food products and so on. The report will cover the how culture, politics
and power of an organisation influence on individual and team behaviour. Along with this, there
is a discussion about process as well as content theories of motivation and how it assist
companies to attain objectives. Furthermore, concepts & philosophies of organisation behaviour
in reference to respective organisation is elaborated in the report.
TASK 1
P1 Analysis of how company’s politics, power and culture impact team and individual
performance and behaviour
It is analysed that there are various factors which impact directly on the performance and
behaviour of staff members. The major factors are power, politics and culture which is discussed
below in context to Marks & Spencer:
Organisation’s Culture
It is defined as the value, beliefs, opinions and culture of employees prevailing within the
organisation. In addition to this, it is analysed that culture of every organisation is different that
outlines the objectives, attributes and mission of company to the staff members. The higher
authorities of Marks and Spencer adopted Handy’s model of organisational culture that involve
different types of culture and is discussed below:
Power culture: It is referred as the culture wherein power lies within the hands of few
people to take decision. It mainly involve higher authorities who tale decision and then provide
instructions to subordinates (Aktar and Pangil, 2020). This impact negatively on the mind-set of

staff members and subordinates that sometimes has negative influence on the performance and
behaviour of employees.
Role culture: As per this culture, an organisation defined roles as well as responsibilities
to every employees as per their skills, interest and qualification. It is analysed that role culture
has positive influence on the team members and individuals as they know their task and
responsibilities. It also help company to execute activities in a proper manner which leads to
attainment of organisational objectives timely.
Person culture: In this type of culture, staff members of company performs independently
and they have the power of taking decision for their own advantage. It is analysed that
employees things that they are superior and is confident but ineffective guidance impact on the
behaviour and performance of teams as well as individuals.
Marks and Spencer adopted role culture as it help to develop a positive working culture
and also assist to decline conflict among employees and higher authorities (Carvalho and et. al.,
2019). In addition to this, it also assist to develop interest among employees towards working
that has positive affect on the performance and productivity of both employees and respective
organisation as well.
Organisation's Power
It is defined as the ability to take decision and delegate the responsibilities to employees
of an organisation. It is analysed that power impact directly on the overall performance and
behaviour of staff members and therefore it is vital for company such as Marks and Spencer to
ensure positive power prevail at workplace. There are different forms of power and is given
below:  Legitimate Power: It is defined as a formal power as well as authority which is
granted to manager by the organisation’s peers. In addition to this, legitimate power is
clearly assigned through verbal and written contract and outlines the responsibilities
of manager. It is determined that such form of power has negative impact on the
working environment and mind-set of employees as they have no right to share their
ideas and take decision as well.
 Coercive Power: This type of power make employees believe that they be may be
punished and deprived if not follow the instructions and comply with the guidelines.