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

Organisation behaviour

Table of Contents
INTRODUCTION...........................................................................................................................3
PART 1............................................................................................................................................3
P1 Analysis of organisational power, politics and culture influence on team and individual
behaviour and performance....................................................................................................3
P2 Evaluation of content and process theories of motivation along with motivational
techniques enable organisational goal achievement...............................................................6
PART 2............................................................................................................................................8
P3 Explaining about effective team as opposed to an ineffective team.................................8
P5 Applying concept along with philosophies about organisational behaviour within
organisation towards business situation...............................................................................11
CONCLUSION..............................................................................................................................12
REFERENCES..............................................................................................................................14

INTRODUCTION
Organisational behaviour can refer to the study about human behaviour through application
of knowledge within organisation. It helps to understand about individual behaviour about how
they interact within group and how these principles can have applied primarily to attempt any
business operations more effectively. It helps to analyse various factors that are relevant to work
performance, employees and enable organisation to stablish strong brand recognition within
market (Vaughn and et. al., 2019). Asda is the respective business venture for this report which is
British supermarket chain and have headquarter in Leeds, England. It was founded in year 1949.
In this report, there is discussion about the influence of culture, power and politics on behaviour
within organisation. There is also discussion about the evolution of motivating individual along
with team to achieve goal. There is also discussion about understanding of how to cooperate
effectively with others. This report also includes the concepts along with philosophies regarding
organisational behaviour towards business situation.
PART 1
P1 Analysis of organisational power, politics and culture influence on team and individual
behaviour and performance
Organisational culture plays an important role in working effectively in the organisation.
Here, power and politics can also play effective role to impact team performance within
workplace. It also has some positive and negative role in overall performance of the organisation
(Williamson, Bayne and Shay, 2020).
Influence of power on team & individual
Power play an important role within organisation that can be effective and help to
promote different action within operation area. Power can impact team performance and
individual in the workplace. It also enables people to get authority to make decision and impose
change in the workplace (Erthal and Marques, 2018). In context to Asda, there are different
theories discussed further.
Coercive power- This type of power is assigned to people for assessing daily task within
organisation. Here, Asda gives power to their manager to ensure about the effectiveness of the
business operations.

Legitimate power- This type of power is received by those individual who get specific
position within organisation. This include Asda to ensure completing their work in hierarchical
organisation.
Expert power- This type of power comes through high experience and special technical
knowledge within filed. Asda use this power to for better growth and organisational
development.
Referent power- This type of power provided to people to influence their behaviour. Asda
provide such power to manager or leader to motivate and influence employee for their better
performance (Nguyen and et. al., 2019).
Informational power- This type of power which allow individual to get access to the
organisational financial report information. Asda provide this power to higher authority to build
brand image of organisation.
Reward power- This power can influence individual and team through providing some
reward which can also help to motive their employee. Asda uses this power to motivate their
employee. It also enables Asda to improve employees working performance.
Influence of politics on team & individual
Politics include irrational behaviour in people at workplace. This may have advantage but
there is higher chance of negative influence of people that may impact working environment.
Politics at workplace may lead to create negative environment at workplace. There are different
factors that may influence individual or team within Asda and are discussed further.
Decreased productivity- Politics can affect working environment in negative manner. This
can also affect the working performance of organisation and vanish target of firm that they want
to achieve within time period (Arslan and et. al., 2021).
Spoils working environment- Politics create ineffective business environment within
venture. It may also spoil employee relationship within employee and with employee.
Variation in employee attitude- Politics affect employees thinking that may lead to impact
their working performance and affect productivity and lose interest in given job role.
Influence of culture on team & individual
Culture can impact the organisational working and value of venture. Asda is built with
effective contribution of their employees or worker through their working culture. It can be