Role of Organizational Culture in Morrisons Company

Organizational Behaviour

Executive Summary
In the report, Handy's model has been used in the organizational culture to understand the
culture in Morrisons company. The four cultures of Hardy's model include Power Culture, Role
Culture, Task Culture and Person Culture. Along with the advantage and drawbacks to the
Morrisons company. The cultures' effectiveness in the Morrisons company is given by some
factors like Psychological Safety, Organization Centralization, Leadership Behaviour and Job
Control. The culture work in motivating the employees of Morrisons company has been given by
some factors like Play, Purpose, Potential and Identity are important factors. It has been made
clear about how culture play an important role in shaping and growing the Morrisons company.
This has been done by providing with factors like Keeping the Objective Clear, Effective
Communication, making the employees and organization feel valued and Encouraging Passion.

Table of Contents
INTRODUCTION...........................................................................................................................4
MAIN BODY...................................................................................................................................4
Handy's model of organizational culture.....................................................................................4
The culture helping organisational effectiveness with communication.......................................5
Role of culture in employee motivation.......................................................................................7
Use of Organizational culture to help further enhance its success..............................................9
CONCLUSION..............................................................................................................................11
REFERENCES................................................................................................................................1

INTRODUCTION
This report will include the Handy's model of organizational culture and implementation
of the model on the Morrisons company. This report will also include the effectiveness of the
culture in Morrisons company and the effect of communication in Morrisons company. The
effect of culture will include some factors influencing the Morrisons company like phycological
safety and organizational centralization effect the employees. This report also include the role of
culture in the motivating the employees in Morrisons company. The role of culture in motivation
will discus about some factors that influence the motivation of the employees like play, purpose,
potential and career ladder. The report will also discuss the help of the culture in getting success
of the Morrisons company. The culture can help the Morrisons company by few ways are also
discussed in the report.
MAIN BODY
Handy's model of organizational culture
Morrisons is a retailing company in UK. The headquarter of Morrisons is in Bradford,
West Yorkshire. Handy's model of organizational culture is applied in Morrisons company.
There are four classes of cultures which are Power, Role, Task and Person culture.(Nasaireh,
Abdullah and Obeidat, 2019)
Power Culture
In this culture the company is run by few people in the company who have the power. In
case the culture is applied in Morrisons company. The people in power, control the working of
complete Morrisons company. These people make rules and regulations for other employees and
the employees have to follow the rules. The decision-making power is also in the hands of the
people in power. The potential of the employees working in the Morrisons company is judged by
the amount of work the complete and achieve instead of the way the employee completes the
work and how they react to it. As a result of this the decision are quickly made and the work is
done, these decision might not turn out to be good for the long term objectives of the Morrisons
company. The power culture is powerful culture for the Morrisons company but it can turn into a
toxic culture gradually.
Role Culture