Organisational Behaviour Assignment - Sainsbury company

Organisational behaviour

Table of Contents
INTRODUCTION...........................................................................................................................3
Culture of the Organisation.........................................................................................................3
Structure and culture with focus on communication...................................................................4
Motivation...................................................................................................................................5
Role of culture in an organisation for further enhancement in their success..............................6
Identify and illustrate the culture of an organisation and link with models or theories..............8
CONCLUSION................................................................................................................................9
REFERENCES..............................................................................................................................10

INTRODUCTION
Organisational behaviour is the study of human behaviour in organisational works and
settings and interface in tactics and in organisation. It is an academic study of ways and methods
by which people act within the group and their members. It is an principle that are majorly
applied to make business effective and efficient to attain organisational goals and objectives.
This report is based on Sainsbury which is an third largest chain of super market in the UK and it
has 16.9% share of supermarket that helps to enlarge business opportunities. This report is bases
on importance and role of culture for organisation and individuals to behave in proper manner. In
addition to role of motivation in build an effective culture and various theories, concepts and
models that helps to build effective communication in organisational goals and objectives by
both primary and secondary research to gain effective result.
Various theories and practices:
Culture of the Organisation.
Culture refers to the various norms, beliefs and regulations that adopt by an organisation
to achieve organisational goals and objectives (Wood and et.al ., 2013. ). Culture is an important
factor that helps to organisation to move on definite path for that organisation have to understand
and evaluate various theories and practices that are as follows:
Handy's typology of organisational culture:
This is an important theory which gives definite path to reach at desirable goals and
objectives by improving productivity of employees that are as follows;
Power culture:
In an organisation with power culture, in which power and authority resides in few hands
and their works and activities influence to the whole organisation in both positive and negative
manner. In an organisation there are few rules and regulations in that culture and decisions of
higher authority gives major decisions ( Coccia, 2015.). In context of sainsbury they apply that
concept in their organisation to take important decisions. In that theory employees should be
judged on basis of what they achieve against how they act. That kind of power culture helps in
taking quick decisions and they have strong culture that proved beneficial for organisational
growth and enhancement.
Role culture: