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

Organisational Behaviour

Table of Contents
PART 1............................................................................................................................................3
LO 1................................................................................................................................................3
Influence of organisation culture, power, and politics on individual and team performance....3
PART 2............................................................................................................................................6
LO 3................................................................................................................................................6
Explanation of factors those make an effective team as opposed to an ineffective team, in
Richer Sounds.............................................................................................................................6
LO4.................................................................................................................................................9
Concepts and philosophies of organisational behaviour............................................................9
CONCLUSION.............................................................................................................................11
REFERENCES..............................................................................................................................12

INTRODUCTION
Organisational behaviour is stated as the study which is associated with behaviour of
individual and group of individual those are working in an organisation and helping that to
grow. Basically this is the reflection of behaviour of each and every individual those are having
direct impact over job structure, communication, performance, motivation, leadership and many
more (Antonakis and House, 2013). This is known as the study which is related with the manner
by which employees are behaving in an organisation as every individual is having there own
behaviour which may influence over performance of the business. This is helpful in
understanding various aspects such as motivating employees, enhancing working performance,
and maintaining effective relationship with employees. This report is associated with
organisational behaviour of Richer sounds which is selling hi-fi equipment including TV, Home
cinema, premium radio equipment and many more. The company was founded in the year of
1978 by Julian Richer and in current time the company is having more than 500 employees and
53 stores around the nation. This report includes influence of culture, politics and power over
productivity and performance of organisation and various motivational theories and philosophies
are also added in this report which are having high influence over working behaviour of Julian
Richer.
PART 1
LO 1
Influence of organisation culture, power, and politics on individual and team performance.
Organization's culture, power and politics has been influencing over individual
performance of team also. Such factors defines positive and negative impact which has been
impacting growth and development of an organization.
Influence of power on individual and team
Power reflects the authority that has been given by the company to the particular
employee (Chevallier and et. al., 2012). It has been used by the managers that influenced other
to perform their task and work in an effective manner. It includes several authority as like
provide rewards and appraisal as per the performance, make decisions for the betterment of the

company. There are different theories that are used by the Richer Sounds to influence the
behaviour of an individual and the team. These theories are as discussed below as:
 Coercive power- Under this it has been given that individual has been managing daily
activities of employees. For instance Richer Sounds assign power to mangers that has
been enhancing effectiveness over performance of individual.
 Reward power- This is that kind of power that has been given to those individuals that
provide rewards, appraisal, promotion, training and development. Richer Sounds has
been providing power over board of directors to reward employees as per performance.
For example a raise has been offered to employees with highest sales. So with the help of
getting incentives morale of employees can be boosted up.
 Legitimate power- Under this power is given according to experience and position of
employee. For example Richer Sounds has given power to CEO that makes proper
control and makes sure that rules and regulations is required to be followed by an
individual working in an organization.
 Referent power- In it power is been given over influencing behaviour of individual of
an organization. In this case Richer Sounds has dedicated the power to leaders and
further motivation is given to perform work in more effective and sheer efficiency.
 Expert power- It is the power that is assigned to those who has huge knowledge of a
particular field. For example Richer Sounds gave power to manger and has order to
manage various activities that is being performed in an organisation (Coccia, 2015).
 Informational power- This power is given to those who have that ability to manage the
information related to the financial reports. For instance Richer Sounds has dedicated
this power to CEO and manages reports that reflects image of an organization within
market.
 Connection power: This is the power which is used by leaders to get connected to their
teammates. This is used by leader in order to establish prominent connection with
subordinates. For example in the context of Richer Sounds this power is held by leaders
to enhance their accessibility.
 Moral power: Under this power leader influence other by their beliefs and behaviour.
For instance in the context of Richer Sounds with the help of this power leader tries to
build trust among their subordinates.