Organisational Behaviour: Influence of Culture, Politics, Power, and Motivation on Individual and Team Performance

Organisational
Behaviour
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Contents
INTRODUCTION...........................................................................................................................3
PART 1 ...........................................................................................................................................3
P1 Analyse how an organisation’s culture, politics and power influence individual and team
behaviour and performance....................................................................................................3
M1 Critically analyse how the culture, politics and power of an organisation can influence
individual and team behaviour and performance. .................................................................5
P2 Evaluate how content and process theories of motivation and motivational techniques
enable effective achievement of goals in an organisational context......................................6
M2 Critically evaluate how to influence the behaviour of others through the effective
application of behavioural motivational theories, concepts and models................................8
D1 Critically evaluate the relationship between culture, politics, power and motivation that
enables teams and organisations to succeed providing justified recommendations...............8
PART 2 ...........................................................................................................................................9
P3 Explain what makes an effective team as opposed to an ineffective team.......................9
M3 Analyse relevant team and group development theories to support the development of
cooperation within effective teams.......................................................................................11
P4 Apply concepts and philosophies of organisational behaviour within an organizational
context and given business situation....................................................................................11
M4 Evaluate how concepts and philosophies of OB inform and influence behaviour within a
given business situation........................................................................................................14
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D2 Critically analyse and evaluate the relevance of team development theories, concepts and
philosophies that influence behaviour in the workplace to improve business performance and
productivity...........................................................................................................................14
CONCLUSION..............................................................................................................................15
REFERENCES..............................................................................................................................16
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INTRODUCTION
Organisational behaviour states that how people interact with each other in an
organisation. The study of organisational behaviour works towards improving job performance,
increasing job satisfaction, promoting innovation and enhancing leadership. Organisational
behaviour analyses the effect of social and environmental factor that affect an employees and
team work. Marks & Spencer is a well-known British brand dealing in food, clothing and home
ware appliances. Marks & Spencer has its headquarters in London, UK. This report consists
importance of Organisational behaviour and how OB plays a vital role in effecting organisational
culture and politics and performance. Furthermore, it includes different motivational theories and
how proper application of these theories may positively influence employees’ performance.
MAIN BODY
PART 1
P1 Analyse how an organisation’s culture, politics and power influence individual and team
behaviour and performance.
Organisational Culture
Organisational culture is the collection of values and practices that work as a guide for
team members. In other words, organisational culture guide employees and management that
how to behave in an enterprise. In essence it is a process of reshaping employees understanding,
opinion etc. (Erthal and Marques, 2018). As per Charles Handy model there are four type of
culture that an organisation may follow -
1. Power Culture – In some organisation power remains in only few hands and they
work as a oppressor because they are authorized to take decision. These kind of
people enjoy special privilege in firm. They have major role in organisation
because they are the only decision maker in organisation. In such a culture
employees work as a slave and they have to do work as per prescribed guidelines
and rules. Staff members are not allowed to share ideas and opinions.
2. Task Culture – In task culture organisation made certain teams to solve critical
issues related to organisation. In this segment employees who have common
interest and specialisation came together and form a team of four to five members.
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