Impact of Company Culture, Politics, and Power on Individual and Team Behavior

Organisational Behaviour

TABLE OF CONTENT
INTRODUCTION...........................................................................................................................3
LO1..................................................................................................................................................3
P1. Company’s culture, politics and power impact on individual and Team behaviour &
performance.................................................................................................................................3
LO2..................................................................................................................................................6
Role of Content and Process theory in achieving goals of the organization...............................6
LO3..................................................................................................................................................8
P3. Team importance for firm.....................................................................................................8
LO4................................................................................................................................................10
P4. Concept and Philosophies of organisation..........................................................................10
CONCLUSION..............................................................................................................................11
REFERENCES..............................................................................................................................12

INTRODUCTION
Organisation behaviour describe about nature of leaders and management in controlling
and monitoring workforce at workstation. Mark and Spencer is one of largest market share Retail
Company in United Kingdom. Organisation faces various kind of challenges in politics, power
and culture in working environment and implement strategy with the help of different models
and Theories. Maslow and Tuckman’s theory also describe in report. In the end path goal theory
explain behaviour of senior authority towards workers.
LO1
P1. Company’s culture, politics and power impact on individual and Team behaviour &
performance
Mark and Spencer focus on maintaining discipline at workplace. There are various kind
of strategy which it follows to increase diversified culture as well as distribute power among all
so that no worker feel isolated or discriminated (McShane and Glinow, 2017). Politics is a
crucial part of organisation but firm only allow good politics at work station and hence able to
can loyalty of work force.
Handy’s Model
Handy describe organisation culture into four segments namely task, power, person and
role. These 4 kinds of culture can become path for achieving goals or it can be a barrier. Mark
and Spencer give higher autonomy to workers which increase Innovation and creativity. It highly
focused on task culture which helps in gaining higher output from worker within time limit.
Power Culture
In this type of organisation culture power is limited with few groups which dominate over
others in decision making and policy framing. This increased differences between employee and
leaders with effect on growth of firm (Tasselli, Kilduff and Landis, 2018). There are number of
Organisation in United Kingdom which follow this type of culture so that diffusion are quickly
taken. Leaders in organisation concentrated on achieving goals and on the basis employee will be
given promotion and other advantage there will be no focus to word the way they adapted. It
effect on Innovation and creativity skill of workers recharge necessary for changing business and
hence not suitable for globalised business. It become important for organisation to maintain
retention but adopting this culture will affect on it. Team working of M&S gets influenced which
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is not a good factor for the company’s working and operations since there is de-motivation which
would be present in the employees.
Role Culture
Role of the person is more dominated in organisation in this type of culture. Leaders and
employees divided task and according to their roles are decided which help in in focusing on
particular work. Power of the persons depends on position such as CEO has higher rank in
organisation as compared to manager (Kanfer and Chen, 2016). Hierarchy and firm structure
determine floor power. However, it is more vertical in nature and flow from above to below for
example: Management give instruction which an employee has to follow in the firm. Decision
making not much affected from this culture. But people with higher role dominate setting policy
and creating guidelines for work. It is not necessary that they include workers in it.
Task Culture
In this type of culture leaders of firm select employees for particular work and hence
make a team. Power is equally distributed among members of the team and hence there will be
less chances of conflict. Workers support and motivate each other which increase efficiency,
quality and productivity of work. People according to their performance can become team leader
and also show so there skills. Workers commitment is higher which help firm in gaining higher
output. Changing business required this type of culture where everyone get equal opportunity at
workplace and hence able to show their skills. Employees as individuals are going to feel
motivated and excepted in the company when they see their values and beliefs are being
respected in the company therefore they would like to give in their best as well.
Person Culture
Individualistic approach is dominated in organisation culture rather than collectivism.
People focus on achieving their own goal which creates differences between people. Employees’
duty is more important for the form and according to their performance give higher opportunity.
Mark and Spencer implement task culture in the firm which gives all employees equal
chances in growth and hence form able to achieve higher goals on time. Workforce remain
motivated throughout project and continue enhance quality, efficiency and productivity.
Politics
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