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Organisational Behaviour Assignment - British Broadcasting Corporation(BBC)

   

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ORGANISATIONALBEHAVIOUR

Table of ContentsMAIN BODY...................................................................................................................................3Task 1...............................................................................................................................................3Influences of culture, power and politics on the behaviour of staff in the BBC.........................3Task 2...............................................................................................................................................4Content and process theories to motivate individuals and team performance...........................4Improved level of motivation results in achieving BBC's objectives.........................................6Task 3...............................................................................................................................................7Different types of teams and its importance in BBC..................................................................7Application Tuckman and Jenson's model to build an effective team........................................7Task 4...............................................................................................................................................8Use of concepts and philosophies of organizational behavior to improve team performanceand productivity..........................................................................................................................8Barriers to effective performance of BBC..................................................................................8CONCLUSIONS..............................................................................................................................8REFERENCES................................................................................................................................8

INTRODUCTIONOrganisational behaviour is an approach that studies about behaviour of employees in an organisation. Behaviour of employees influences the organisational structure and also business activities. Organisational behaviour will enable management to understand the influencing factors and make an attempt to bring efficiency in business organisation. British Broadcasting Corporation(BBC) is public service broadcasting organisation. BBC has large number of employees to handle its national and business activities and operations. In this study report, various factors which influence organisational behaviour are discussed, such as, culture, politics and power. Content and process theories of motivation are discussed as well. Concept and philosophies of organisational behaviour are also explained further.MAIN BODYTask 1Influences of culture, power and politics on the behaviour of staff in the BBCIntroduction of the task:Culture followed in an organisation greatly influence the behaviour of its employees and theirperformance. Organisational culture includes various factors such as product and services,technology and strategies used, various types of employees, leadership style, etc. it also includesvision, mission, objectives, values and norms of organisation(Podsakoff, and et.al., 2014). Definition: organisational cultural brings influences to behaviour of individual and teamperformance.Meaning of culture: Different cultures has different effects on persons as they have differentperception. Organisational culture refers to collection of values, principles and beliefs ofemployees and management and it contributes to unique and effective business environment. Below are described two theories which brings great influences the behaviour and performanceof employees and team. Importance of organisational culture:Employees feel satisfied with the effective culture adopted by organisation.Effective and efficient achievement of desired goals of companyorganisational culture boost team workingfactors affecting culture of organisation:Attitude and beliefs of employees

religion, caste and gender of employee affects culture of BBCcultural diversity of people affects BBC's cultureCharles Handy describes four types of culture which organisations generally follows and it isexplained as below.Role culture: organisation following this culture, follows rules and regulations and are built onorganisational structure. Employees position is determined by his position in organisation. Task culture: this culture is followed to complete a specific task or address specific problem. Inthis culture, task is given importance therefore employee's power shift accordingly depending onstatus of task or problem.Power culture: organisation following power culture have few employees with power andauthority, and it focuses on adopting rules and regulations. Employees with power manages theactivities and distribute duties among other employees.Person culture: organisation following person culture treats every individual employee inunique and superior way. This culture aims at satisfying employees so that they can lead to bringefficiency in operations and bring positive outcomes. Hofstede's cultural dimension refers to unique aspects of organisation's culture which managerconsiders and deals with in organisation and it is explained as follows:Power distance: power dimension explains that employees with less power expects that poweris not distributed equally in organisation(Demirbag and et.al., 2014).Individualism vs.collectivism: this dimension aims on questions related to if employees preferto work in a team or they like to work alone. Individualism refers to loose-knit of socialframework and collectivism refers to tight-knit framework of society.Masculinity vs. femininity: femininity refers to preference of modestness, cooperation, caringfor week employee and quality of life. And masculinity refers to preference for assertiveness,rewards and appraisal for success and achievement.Uncertainty avoidance: this dimension refers to extent or degree of uncomfortable ofemployees with ambiguity and uncertainty.Long-term vs. short term orientation:long-term dimension deals with society's virtue andshort-term orientation have strong concern with truth.Summary:organisational culture brings great influences on individual performance and team. Italso brings changes in their behaviour towards organisation.

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