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

Organisational
Behaviour

Table of Contents
INTRODUCTION...........................................................................................................................1
TASK1.............................................................................................................................................1
P1. Examine how organisation's politics, power and culture influence team & individual
performance & behaviour. .........................................................................................................1
M1. Critically examine how politics, culture and power of company which can influence team
and individual performance & behaviour...................................................................................3
TASK2.............................................................................................................................................4
P2. Describe process and content theories of motivation and techniques which is helpful in
achievement of goals in effective manner in context of LG company. ......................................4
M2. Evaluate in what manner behaviour of others are influenced by effective application of
motivational concepts, models and theories. ..............................................................................6
D1. Highlight a critical inspection of complexities of distinct types of structure of business
and their interrelationships of different organisational functions. .............................................6
TASK3.............................................................................................................................................7
P3. Describe what makes effective teams as opposed to ineffective team.................................7
M3. Examine relevant group and team development theories to support development of
dynamic cooperation. .................................................................................................................9
TASK4.............................................................................................................................................9
P4. Apply philosophies and concepts of OB in organisational context. ....................................9
M4. Evaluate and justify a range of concept and philosophies that in how they have to
influence and inform behaviour in both positive and negative way. .......................................10
D2. Critically evaluate and analyse relevance of team development theories in terms of OB
philosophies and concepts that influence behaviour. ...............................................................10
CONCLUSION..............................................................................................................................10
REFERENCES..............................................................................................................................10

INTRODUCTION
Organisational Behaviour is a process of application and study of knowledge about
behaviour of human which is related to elements of operation such as technologies, structure and
system (Afsar, Bibi, and Umrani, 2020). Generally, this process is related with perception of
behaviour of team members who are performing distinct roles for success of company.
Organisational behaviour is also considered as branch of social science which helps in building
application to understanding, controlling and predicting behaviour of firm.
LG Electronic Inc. is considered as South Korean multinational electronics organisation
which have headquartered in South Korea. It contain four business units like mobile
communication, home entertainment, home appliances and so on. The company have its
operations as 128 globally and having 83000 employees.
This report is based on power, politics and culture of team members, performance and
behaviours in addition with techniques and theories of motivation is describe. In addition it also
contains difference between effective and effective team. At end of report it contains theories
and concepts of organisational behaviour on basis of LG company are discussed in report.
TASK1
P1. Examine how organisation's politics, power and culture influence team & individual
performance & behaviour.
Employee behaviour defines a way in which individual react to specific situations or
circumstances at workplace. In organisation, every one consist of different perception, attitudes
and views so by this it is not possible as always have coordination between team members so this
leads to ineffectiveness in teams. In context of LG company there are various factors that have
direct impact on human resources which are discussed below:
Culture: Organisational culture defines values, practices & expectations that guides and
inform team members about work of company. It has serious impact on behaviour of employees
performance and behaviour (Akanni and Ndubueze, 2017). So for this Handy's Model which
helps in understand about organisation which is discussed below: Task culture: It is a form of organisational culture in which teams are formed to provide
specific projects or problems. As task is considered as important aspect in organisation so
manager have responsibility to shift power of task according to problem, project or
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position of task. This type of culture have impact on staff members to work effectively in
project so that they can achieve position or power in team. If LG company use this
culture it have benefit as by maintaining coordination or cooperation between distinct
personalities having different skills. It also have negative impact as there is disagreement
and conflicts between employees due to having different perspective. Power culture: In company having this type of culture, it is held in some individuals
which have impact at overall organisation. These people have responsibility to assign
duties & roles to staff members. Subordinates of company constrain to follow rules and
instructions which is given by their superiors. In terms of respective firm, if managers use
this culture they can maintain proper decorum or discipline which leads to no chance of
misuse of authority and in addition by this, they can enjoy special privileges. Drawback
of this culture is it leads to internal conflicts, partiality and mental & physical burden in
employees (Allameh and et. al., 2017) So by this it affects behaviour and performance of
employees. Role culture: In this stage of Handy's culture model which illustrates delegation of
responsibilities & roles to each employee according to their experience and skills. LG
uses this culture leads to effective for attainment of goals without giving pressure on their
employees for work on time and also in addition there is no need of investing more
money for increase their performance.
 Person culture: This type of organisational culture is based in which team members are
more concern about themselves rather than about company. Individuals just come to
office for personal benefit and they are never get any type of connection with
organisation. So, by this culture it have negative impact as employees can leave company
at any time they do not show any type of cooperation during peak time.
Politics: Organisational politics is a behaviour and process in human interaction which
involves authority and power. It is a tool which examines operational balance and capacity of
interested parties having different views (Beltrán‐Martín and et. al., 2017). There are various
types of organisational politics in respect of LG company which are discussed below: The Weed: This type of politics of organisation offers covers and safety for staff
members at workplace. This is a challenge for respective firm as this creates implicit and
explicit situations.
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