Organisational Behaviour: Influence of Culture, Power and Politics, Motivational Theories and Techniques for Achievement of Goals in Mark and Spencer

Organisational
behaviour

Table of Contents
INTRODUCTION...........................................................................................................................1
TASK 1............................................................................................................................................1
P1 Influence of culture, power and politics on behaviour of others in context with organisation
.....................................................................................................................................................1
TASK 2............................................................................................................................................4
How content and process theories of motivation and motivational techniques enable
achievement of goals ..................................................................................................................4
TASK 3............................................................................................................................................6
P3 Explain what makes an effective team as opposed to an ineffective team............................6
TASK 4............................................................................................................................................9
P4 Concepts and philosophies of organisational behaviour within organisational context and
business situation .......................................................................................................................9
CONCLUSION..............................................................................................................................10
REFERENCES..............................................................................................................................11

INTRODUCTION
Organisational behaviour is defined as the study of how people behave in entire
organisational settings. It is involved with four elements which are structure, people, technology
and external environment. The main purpose behind organisational behaviour is to build up
effective relationships by attaining all social as well as human objectives. The concept of
organisational behaviour is indulged with different approaches like human resource, contingency
approach and so on (Khalil, Shah and Khalil, 2021). In context with human resource, it is a
strategic phase to the efficient management of people in an organisation in order to achieve
competitive advantage. In relation with contingency approach, it refers to the style of
management which depends on specific situation and requires all executives to develop their
skills. The below report is based on Mark and Spencer. It is a British multinational retailer which
deals in clothing, home and food products. The company was established in the year 1884 by
Michael Marks and Thomas Spencer. The report involves the influence of culture, power and
politics on individual and team behaviour, how process and content theories of motivation enable
fulfilment of objectives, effective team being opposed to ineffective team and philosophies of
organisational behaviour.
TASK 1
P1 Influence of culture, power and politics on behaviour of others in context with organisation
The success and growth of an organisation is determined by the influence of power,
culture and politics as it creates an impact on both behaviour as well as performance of team
members.
Organisational culture: - It is defined as a collection of shared attitudes, expectations
and beliefs which is enhanced within a company and regulates behaviour of employees. Besides
this, it also leads to high level of workforce engagement (Miragaia and Aleixo, 2021).
Organizational culture is the group of values , expectations , and practices that guide and inform
the actions of all the teams members of the business organisation . It affects all aspects of the
business this concept is culture is very important when attempting to manage the organisation –
wide change. The organisational change must focus to change the corporate culture as well apart
from changes the structure and processes. The company M&S follow a flat structure in which the
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