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

Organisational
Behaviour

Contents
INTRODUCTION...........................................................................................................................1
TASK 1............................................................................................................................................1
P1. Explain how the performance as well as behaviour of individuals are influenced by the
culture, politics and power prevailing in the organization.625....................................................1
M1. A critical analysis on the culture, power and politics of organization to influence
individual performance................................................................................................................4
P2. Discuss the use of motivational theories and techniques to enable achievement of goals....4
M2. Critically analyse the influential impact on the individual behaviour of the concept and
theories of motivation..................................................................................................................6
D1. Evaluate the relationship between culture, power, politics and concepts of motivation
which help organizations to succeed within an organization.......................................................6
P3 Explain what makes an effective team as opposed to an ineffective team.............................6
M3 Analyse relevant team and group development theories to support the development of
cooperation within effective teams..............................................................................................6
P5 Apply concepts and philosophies of organisational behaviour within an organizational
context and given business situation............................................................................................6
M4 Evaluate how concepts and philosophies of OB inform and influence behaviour within a
given business situation...............................................................................................................6
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..................................................................................................................................7
CONCLUSION ...............................................................................................................................8
REFERENCES................................................................................................................................8

INTRODUCTION
Organizational behaviour can be defined as the human behaviour within an organization.
It involves study of human behaviour in organizational settings so that it becomes easy and
convenient to predict organizational life. Further it also plays an important role in motivating
employees to enhance their performance for better results (Afsar, Bibi and Umrani, 2020).
Sainsbury's, established in UK by John James, is the second largest in the chain of supermarkets
in the country. It was founded as a shop which has now turned in one of the finest companies of
UK. In this report, there is an analysis of organizational culture, politics and the powers which
have the capability to influence the performance as well as behaviour of individuals. In addition
to it, theories of motivation, its techniques, differentiation of an effective team from an
ineffective one and the philosophies of organizational behaviour are also being discussed in
detail (AL-Ruzzieh, Al Rifai and Ayaad, 2022). All these theories and models are discussed in
order to understand the nature of organization in detail and also to check the effectiveness of the
individuals.
TASK 1
P1. Explain how the performance as well as behaviour of individuals are influenced by the
culture, politics and power prevailing in the organization.625
ORGANISATIONAL CULTURE
Organizational culture refers to the the systematic and organized manner in which
individuals are expected to behave within an organization during the working hours. It includes a
set of moral ethics and values formed by the leaders for their subordinates in which they are
accustomed to act with (Alblooshi, Shamsuzzaman and Haridy, 2020). Right principles and
values are very important to enhance the performance of individuals by sustaining punctuality
and discipline in the Sainsbury's. This helps in creating a positive working environment which
enhances the performance of employees. “Handy Model of Culture” is discussed below in order
to understand the concept of organisational culture well.
Handy Culture Model
In order to understand the concept of organizational culture well, Handy Culture Model is
used. In 1972, it was introduced by Harrison which was later being modified by Charles Handy

in 1996. the model is being classified into four major parts which are explained below, in relation
to Sainsbury's:
 Person culture – Person culture is applied by organizations which have expert
individuals in their respective fields (Arslan and Roudaki, 2018). Having an expertise
knowledge required to perform the task or the job they are assigned, helps to reduce the
burden on higher authorities as they need not have to supervise them. Being the experts,
the higher levels can trust their employees and their decisions. Sainsbury's have expert
people in their organization which makes the work easy and saves time.
 Role culture – Role culture is applied when the organizations assign roles and
responsibilities to the individuals in advance (Azeez and Genty, 2018). When the role
culture is being followed by Sainsbury's, the employees might given the right to take
decisions on their own.
 Task culture – When an organization have a number of employees to perform a range of
tasks, usually the entity follows the tasks culture to carry out their business operations
effectively (Bharthy and Sethi, 2020). The employees are divided into small groups
known as teams and are assigned tasks to perform. Sainsbury's assign every team with
one task only so that tasks are being carried out effectively thereby reducing the chances
of mistakes.
 Power culture – This culture works as a spider web where the higher level of authorities
are considered as spider who manages the whole of web by citing instructions.
Sainsbury's can adopted this culture to enable direct communication with the lower level
of management.
The Person Culture is adopted by Sainsbury's to run their organization. As it is the second
largest supermarket, expert knowledge of individuals reduce the burden of higher authorities and
saves the time of the organization thereby making it easy to achieve the aspired goals.
POWER
Ability to influence the performance of other person by motivating them so that they can
enhance the task assigned to them can be defined as power. Usually the higher authorities
influence lower authorities as there is a direct relationship between power and designation of
authority. The classification of organizational power in relation to Sainsbury's is discussed
below: