Organisational Behaviour: Impact of Organisational Culture and Leadership Style on Performance of Morrisons

Organisational Behaviour

EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
The report will cover the study of organizational behaviour. The organizational culture is
the way people interacts to each other within the organization. Report will cover the
organizational culture types using the Handy’s model. Organizational culture at Morrisons will
be explained using this model. The importance of leadership style over the performance of the
organization is covered. The report will perform a primary research for better understanding of
the effect of organizational culture and leadership style.

Table of Contents
INTRODUCTION...........................................................................................................................4
MAIN BODY..................................................................................................................................4
Organizational Culture.................................................................................................................4
Leadership Style..........................................................................................................................5
Primary Research Findings and Discussion................................................................................7
CONCLUSION..............................................................................................................................12
RECOMMENDATIONS...............................................................................................................13
REFERENCES................................................................................................................................1

INTRODUCTION
Organizational behaviour is a term used to refer to the study in academics in relation to
the way people interact with each other in groups. Morrisons is a United Nation’s based retailing
company. It is country’s 4th largest chain of supermarkets. Organizational culture is the way by
which working pattern of an organization is formed. The report will include a deep
understanding of Handy’s model of organizational culture. Leadership is defined as the ability of
an organization’s management by which it inspires its workforce. The leadership style followed
at Morrisons will be highlighted. Further this report will outline and discuss the findings of
primary research. Lastly the report will include the recommendations for the company.
MAIN BODY
Organizational Culture
Organizational culture comprises of all the values, beliefs, processes and expectations
that initiates and acts as guiding base for the roles of employees working in a company. The
existence of appropriate organizational cultures ensures positive behaviour in the employees. A
good organizational culture is significant for an organization as it provides a way for employees
to interact with the people they contact at their workplace (Hiršová, Komárková and Pirožek,
2018). It promotes healthy competition within the organization. In has a significant impact on
brand image in long run.
Charles Handy was a popular philosopher. Organizational culture was his area of
specialization. He gave a theory for the organizational culture and named it as Handy’s Model.
Handy’s Model bifurcates organizational culture into four types (Charles Handy Model of
Organization Culture, 2022):
POWER: The first type of organizational culture in Handy’s model is known as power.
In power culture the power within the organization depends on few people. Only few people
within the organization holds the authority to take all the decisions. They are given with special
privileges. Responsibilities are delegated to others by these few individuals of the organization.
In this form of culture, the subordinates are bound to follow the instructions by the superior.
TASK CULTURE: The next form of organizational culture is task culture. Goals and
objective that an organization desires to achieve are break down into tasks that are to be achieved
by the teams formed within it. The teams are formed as per the task that are to be performance.
The individuals sharing common interests and having specialization in common field are
grouped together in a common team (Intezari and McKenna, 2018). This culture gives each of