Report: Analysis of Organisational Behaviour at David & Co Limited

This report provides a comprehensive analysis of organisational behaviour within the context of David & Co Limited. It explores the impact of organisational culture, politics, and power dynamics on employee and team behaviour. The report examines various cultural aspects, including power, role, and market cultures, and their effects on the workforce. It also delves into the implications of office politics and different types of power, such as legitimate, reward, and expert power. Furthermore, the report critically evaluates these elements, assessing their positive and negative impacts on the organisation. It discusses motivational theories, including content and process theories, and evaluates their effectiveness in achieving organisational goals, specifically focusing on Maslow's hierarchy of needs and Herzberg's two-factor theory. The report also compares effective and ineffective team dynamics and their impact on decision-making, and it evaluates relevant team and group development strategies. Finally, it concludes with an overview of organisational behaviour concepts and philosophies, and their overall impact on the organisation.

Organisational Behaviour

TABLE OF CONTENTS
Table of Contents.............................................................................................................................2
INTRODUCTION...........................................................................................................................1
TASK 1............................................................................................................................................1
P1: Analysing regarding organisation culture, politics and power impact people and team
behaviour................................................................................................................................1
M1: Critically evaluate various politic, culture and power within an organisation...............3
D1: Critical evaluation among relationship among motivation that enable team and
organisation............................................................................................................................4
TASK 2............................................................................................................................................5
P2: Various motivational theories and its effectiveness in attainment of an organisation.....5
M2: Critical evaluation of various factors regarding behaviour of other by using motivational
theories...................................................................................................................................7
TASK 3............................................................................................................................................7
P3: Comparison among various effective and ineffective team and condition that assist in
decision making......................................................................................................................7
M3: Analysis of various relevant team and group development............................................9
D2: Critical evaluation of relevant team performance...........................................................9
TASK 4..........................................................................................................................................10
P4: Certain concept and philosophies of organisational behaviour......................................10
M4: Evaluation of concept of OB inform and impact..........................................................10
CONCLUSION..............................................................................................................................10
REFERENCES..............................................................................................................................12

INTRODUCTION
Organisation is a place in which all the social action or business decision is being made
by top management in order to attain future aims and objectives. A group of people that is
structured and managed together to fulfil all the essential need to attain collective goals. Every
organisation need to have effective structure to examine appropriate relationship among various
activity, members and allot certain responsibility of an individual those are operating in “David
& Co Limited”. It is crucial for an organisation to make sure that employees would attain
maximum growth and future stability so that their goals can be achieved in more quick time.
This project report is all about make proper analysis regarding impacts of culture, politics
and power on specific bahevairou of others operating in an organisation. Apart from this, certain
motivation techniques are being discussed which would assist in achieving goals of the
department. Understanding of cooperate properly with other employees those are operating to get
better results for the company. Lastly, application of concept and philosophies of organisation
behaviours under the mentioned situation are discussed effectively under this report (Wood and
et. al., 2012).
TASK 1
P1: Analysing regarding organisation culture, politics and power impact people and team
behaviour
Organisational culture is one relatively uniform and enduring values, norms, tradition and
practices those are exchange between organisational members. It has been found that people used
to adopt culture as per the demand of company through implementing necessary values and
belief possess by employees in their behaviour. The major aspects of culture are that it would
reflect their vision, values belief, language, attitude and other important matters.
Culture: “A David & Co Limited”, is one of the important producers and distributors of
fruit and beverages in various parts of the nations. The company used to provide wide range of
fresh fruits, vegetables, exotic goods and bakery items to various hotels, restaurants and nursing
home as well as schools. In order to get more reliable outcomes in near future time, it is vital to
deal with all kind of obligations that are relies upon manager (Robbins and et. al., 2013). To
make proper utilisation of various work ethics and culture, that assist A David & Co Limited to
prepare their team to face any kind of issues those are relate with the department.
1

It consists of various value and attitude that are needed to be implemented through
employees in order to perform different types of functions in effective manner. It would assist
formation of various suitable community and pleasant environment. Most of the factors is being
consists of certain vision, norms, values and behaviour to get better outcomes in coming period
of time. A David & Co Limited consists of various kind of culture that are mentioned
underneath:
 Power culture: It consists of various allotment of roles and responsible of powers among
their employees to perform their tasks in effective manner. It has a great impact on
effective relationship between staffs and department at internal as well as external level.
There primary reason of getting better results because everyday challenges those are
coming in front of them. Delegation of authority is marked by only one supervisors so
that can attain in near future time (Thomson and Van Niekerk, 2012).
 Role culture: They are mainly controlled within A David & Co Limited knowing their
roles and duties to work effectively. The company has assign specific roles to their
employees as the knowledge and ability. This seems to be deliver best support and assist
in increasing moral at the same stage. The production manager is responsible for
arranging necessary resources that are utilise while producing products in more effective
manner.
 Market culture: A David & Co Limited is always trying to produce those are products
which is more demanded in the market. Such as daily bread, Hobbs house, ingredient
and fine foods. There are some other products those are use in daily ways is being
provided by the company. All of them are available positively in order to satisfy desire of
customers.
Politic: These are mainly related with various activities those are done by A David & Co
Limited to acquire, formulate and make use of power as well as other resources to attain better
outcomes (Suppiah and Singh Sandhu, 2011). It seems to be activity that does not needed as part
of formal role in the department but it attempts to impact benefits and limitation to the company.
all those employees of an organisation that does not appraisal they deserve internally. All the
implication related to office politics on an individual and staffs is mentioned below:
 Downfall in productivity level: In case the company is having plenty of office politic
they cannot operate in better manner. The all impacts will be seen on the entire
2

production process. The adverse influence on overall performance of A David & Co
Limited employees will results in minimum production.
 Increase stress: Politics will come out as a bad impact on employee’s moral that can
directly made enhancement in stress between high experience of employees of A David
& Co Limited. Under this situation, it used to create wide number of issues that continue
for longer period of time.
Power: It is said to be reliable process that is affecting the thoughts, behaviour as well as
feeling of another people. Most of the people to make impact through various means to deal in a
proper way in near future time. There are various types of power which will be effectively
helpful for the department. Some of them are mentioned underneath:
 Legitimate power: It need to provide effective power which will possess through
individual because of having strong position in A David & Co Limited. The senior
manager used to direct their subordinate to become more high with the increase their
work ability (Coccia and Cadario, 2014).
 Reward power: In case one employees get to provide maximum sale in a single day they
need to get specific reward for the hard work. This will be indicating positive relationship
among overall performance and reward for the work.
 Experts power: It is known as one of the effective power that depend upon various
employees thinking that a manager of A David & Co Limited. It has high level of ability
to perform their job effectively. providing appropriate skills in relation to work with their
sub-ordinate need to be perform positively in coming time.
M1: Critically evaluate various politic, culture and power within an organisation
In every organisation like, A David & Co Limited that is related with various component
such as culture, power and politics that is having important impacts on attitude and behaviour of
individual and their staff members. There is certain implication that are found on various aspects
are discussed underneath:
Culture impacts: It has been determining that positive culture need to have great
influence on attitude and overall performance of employees and staff’s members. This will be
assist in removal of cultural areas and building effective communication regarding each of them.
Positive aspect:
3

 Effective communication: With the proper communication among top management and
employees they can easily be able to improve proper coordination between them. It will
be enhancing proper ability of team or group to attain future aims of an organisation.
 Increase employee involvement: It will assist them to manage and organise various
functions as well as operations to get better results in near future time.
Negative impact:
Inappropriate environment: In case the value of belief of employees and other
important concern must create negative influence on A David & Co Limited working
environment. It will reduce everyday capability of employees to manage their overall team
performance.
Impact of power:
It has been found that with the proper utilisation of power they can get appropriate direction
to employees to get better results in near future time (Wilkinson and et. al., 2014).
 Positive impact: Increase motivation among employees to increase their moral which
will be help them to maintain its performance in reliable manner.
 Creation of mistrust: In case any wrong power used to arise various impacts on
employee’s confidence with one another.
Impact of politics: politic is not so helpful or creating positive impacts to an organisation
of employee behaviour. It always has negative implication which has adverse outcomes on
employees and staffs.
D1: Critical evaluation among relationship among motivation that enable team and organisation
According to the above factors that is related with various crucial aspects such as politic,
power and culture to other employees. The culture of an organisation used to deliver appropriate
role and responsibility to their power in the department. In case high power consists with the
person have the opportunity to become supreme over other. In order to increase overall
productivity and attainment they need to make use of various positive aspects that are beneficial
for the department in coming period of time. Connection among all the factors would assist in
motivating various employees those are working in the department. It will assist in formulation
of positive aspects, effective behaviour and building effective team that will be useful in
attainment of their personnel and individual aims and objectives at the same point of time.
4

TASK 2
P2: Various motivational theories and its effectiveness in attainment of an organisation
Motivation is said to be one of the general terms which would be applies to whole class of
desire, needs that wish to increase ability and strength of employees. It seems to be more
effectively utilise by HRM department as important tool for analysing employee’s capability.
There are mainly two types of motivational theorises those are used by A David & Co Limited. It
would be process and content theory.
Content theory: It is more effective theory which used to provide specific information
about human need that are changes as per the time goes on. It consists of certain factors that used
focused on current as an individual and impact in their behaviour of employees. This seems to
determine various requirement that assist in overall motivation of employees and proper planning
to improve their overall performance in effective manner (Lawrence and Lee, 2013). In order to
fulfil various diversified requirement, administration of A David & Co Limited need to make use
of various motivational theories that is provided by Abraham Maslow and Herzberg two factor of
motivation. The upper significance of these theories to deal with overall performance of
employees and attainment of future aims and objectives of an organisation.
Maslow’s hierarchy theory: The primary target of making utilisation of this particular
theory is to determine various need and wants of employees and make valuable planning to
satisfy them in proper manner. Some of them are required in an organisation that are possessed
by various employees those are categories into certain parts. In case lower desire get satisfied,
employee become motivated with proper satisfaction of upper needs. There is various need those
are provided from Maslow are mentioned underneath:
 Physiological needs: It is needed to provide various basic requirement of employees that
are demanded by various customer such as food, clothing and shelter. All such kind of
requirement of life would every staffs need to fulfil all the basis requirement of the
company. If such requirements are attained effectively in comparison to employees the
chances of motivation get increase among the staff’s member.
 Safety needs: This seems to consists of various appropriate measures that are used by an
organisation in accordance with proper safety provide to their employees while delivering
food to the people. Some specific aspects which is needed to be taken into account such
as financial security and health accidence safety.
5

 Social requirements: It consists of various requirements that are connected with the
people such as love, belongingness, care and attachment. This will be helpful in attaining
maximum growth among the people through using supportive behaviour.
 Esteem needs: It would be consisting of two types. Such as internal and external. It is
primary duty of A David & Co Limited to provide self-respect, confidence and freedom
to their upper authority to taken future decisions. Some outside requirement is associated
with status as well as recognition.
 Self-actualisation needs: It would require vital facts those are required for future growth
and self-benefits to the employees. They are having appropriate amount of desire for
gaining appropriate social, innovation and make improvement in overall performance of
the company (Burrell and Morgan, 2017).
Hertzberg two factor theory: According to this particular theory which is based on two
factors such as hygiene and motivation aspects of an organisation. All these factors would be
more helpful for employees of A David & Co Limited.
Hygiene factors: It consists of various factors those are related with job that are more
important to increase moral of employees at the workplace. Some of the important factors which
is not shown at office premises then, it will have used to form dissatisfaction between
employees. Some of the crucial factors are mentioned underneath:
 Pay: As per this factors which will be effectively helpful for the department in order to
provide reseasonble mode of salary.
 Fringe benefits: Additional benefits is used to delivery appropriate outcome to
employees such as health plan, employee assistance program.
Motivational factors: These kind of factors used to provide positive satisfaction among
every employee those are working in the department. Some of the vital factors that are associated
with internal part of activity (Three Main Theories of Motivation, 2017). It will assist in creating
maximum satisfaction to the people of A David & Co Limited. Some of the crucial factors are
mentioned underneath:
 Recognition: it is vital for the employees to be get rewarded for their appropriate work in
the department.
 Growth and promotional opportunity: The employees need to perform well as per the
need to get promoted in coming year.
6

 Achievement: These are concern with various awards and good results that are provided
to employees during their regular course of business.
Process theory: Such kind of theory is widely based on appropriate ideas that assist in
discussing various matter which an organisation faced during any changes in their daily business
operations. Some of the vital factors those are related with A David & Co Limited are mentioned
underneath:
 Expectancy theory: It included staff’s willingness of skills and knowledge during
operating in A David & Co Limited. These are directly connected with overall
productivity within an organisation (Salin and Hoel, 2011).
 Goal setting: The primary aim of this aims and objective that used to attain better results
as per the set standards or vision. It would assist in reading mind of employees that are
based on more clear perception.
 Equity theory: It is majorly related with overall performance of employees in A David
& Co Limited.
 Reinforcement: It consists of various behaviour of staffs and behaviour during
performing essential role of each employee.
M2: Critical evaluation of various factors regarding behaviour of other by using motivational
theories
There is related with wide range of implication related with motivational theories that
impact the overall behaviour of employees. All the two theories are effectively applied in A
David & Co Limited to get better outcomes in near future time. The certain impact upon attitude
and behaviour of employees are mentioned underneath:
Recognitions of employees for future performance that used to motive other staffs that are
operating in same department.
Fulfilment of various common requirement of employees used to motivate them in their
daily business activity to work effectively in near future time.
TASK 3
P3: Comparison among various effective and ineffective team and condition that assist in
decision making
Basis Effective team Ineffective team
Working condition It seems to be more important According to this particular team
7

aspects which would lead to of
best quality that can assist them to
get comfort as well as informal to
perform their job in proper
manner.
which is having specific kind of
environmental stress, tension and
other vital issues those are affecting
the team as well as other organisation
areas.
Meeting In case of proper skilled
employees which would be
happens with the target by
providing equal contribution while
making future decision.
Under a team of effective decision
making process which is dominating
through certain member badly. It is so
because they are not focus on their
work.
Listening ability They are more enthusiastic and
concern to take participation in
arranging their team to get more
reliable outcomes in near future
time.
They are effectively more
judgemental and have wide number
of disturbance among each other
which will make huge impacts on the
goodwill of the company.
Various types of teams and its significance:
It has been found that team is said to be more effective individual that is mainly having
skilled and capability in regards to their roles and duties possess by employees of A David & Co
Limited. It will be helpful for the future attainment of similar aims of an organisation. The
mentioned company is working with the motive to generate more positive response from various
department at global level. Wide number of advantage is being collected through an organisation
because of effective team building that used to generate positive working environment and
removal of office etc. (Baum, Frees and Baron, 2014). Certain important aspects those are related
with an organisation are mentioned underneath:
Operational team: All the team those are working with A David & Co Limited need to
perform and complete particular plan so the better outcomes can be attaining in near future time.
Every staffs of a group need to have various roles and responsibility that are assigned through the
manager of the department.
Significance: In case of formulating such kind of team that would assist in performing
more tough task within that particular period of time. It used to save more time and cost during
the time of utilising resources of the company.
8

Issue resolving group: It seems to be the effective team that is being appointed in every
organisation to look after all the issues those are affecting the internal department of A David &
Co Limited. They also need to make planning about various upcoming action that are not arises
in future period of time.
Important: It would assist in timely examination of various problems which would
provide effective outcomes in order to help employees in order to improve the condition of the
people.
Factors those are reliable for effective team:
There are various important factors those are related with administration of A David &
Co Limited to make proper team in reliable manner. Some of them are discussed underneath:
 Communication: It is more suitable for aspects that is based on entire team building. It
will be considered as one of the effective communication that assist in future
coordination of people.
 Stability: The team member need to get stable in any kind of situation that would be
changes as per the demand of customer.
Tuck man's models of team performance
There are various kind of specific stages that are considered more effective for the team
performance. It can create more positive results for the teams and well as employees at the same
point of the time. Those stages are:
Forming: In this particular stages, most of the team members are positive and polite. As a
leader, it is essential role to play because team members roles as well as responsibilities are not
clear.
Storming: under this stages, employees used to push against the areas that are established
in the forming stages. It starts were there is a conflict among team members natural working
skills.
Norming: in this phases people tend to start resolving their problems as well as appreciate
colleague’s positive ability and respect to their higher authorities as a leader.
Performing: The team would reach to this stages when hard work leads without any kind
of problems in order to attain the overall aims of an organisation.
Adjourning: Most of the team would reach to this particular stages eventually. Project
team would exist for fixed period of time.
9

M3: Analysis of various relevant team and group development
There are different number of models that are present in effective team development.
Tuckman team model is more suitable for A David & Co Limited to get maximum outcomes in
near future. Some of them are:
 Forming
 Storming
 Norming
 Performing
 Adjourning
D2: Critical evaluation of relevant team performance
There are more crucial significant aspects that are related with overall team building
theories of A David & Co Limited. Some impact associated with team development are
mentioned underneath:
Always need to be more ready to accept various modification that are going to happen in
coming period of time. Formation of supportive nature among various staff contribution in
respect to attain future aims of the company.
TASK 4
P4: Certain concept and philosophies of organisational behaviour
Organisational behaviour is one of the vital process or study that is used to determine
various behaviours of employees in an organisation. It will be suitable amount of significant that
are effectively helpful for the department in attaining future aims and objectives. Some of crucial
element in formation of organisation behaviour. Some of them are:
 Nature of employees
 Nature of company
Path goal theory: The primary aim of this particular theory is to arrange various working
style of supervisor and leader as well as their behaviour that is more suitable in current period of
time. The main reason behind development of such story is to motive employees and satisfaction
that would help them to perform their task effectively (Kulik and Olekalns, 2012). Certain steps
that are related under this theory:
 Directive
 Supportive
10