Organisational Behaviour

Organizational Behavior

Table of Contents
MAIN BODY...................................................................................................................................3
Activity 1................................................................................................................................3
Handy’s typology theory........................................................................................................3
Nature of power in the Ryanair organization-........................................................................4
Political behavior of managers of Ryanair airline..................................................................5
Activity 2.........................................................................................................................................6
Content Theories....................................................................................................................6
Process Theories...................................................................................................................11
Activity 3.......................................................................................................................................12
Critically analyze how path-goal theory and an understanding of resistance to change, given
the planned structural changes, could improve performance and productivity in Ryanair. 15
Recommendation..................................................................................................................16
CONCLUSION..............................................................................................................................16
REFERENCE.................................................................................................................................17

INTRODUCTION
Organizational behaviour is the best concept to identify the individual and group activity
and performance in the organization. Organization behavior includes the prediction, control and
understating of human behavior in the company. It also determines the effectiveness of the
human behavior in the work environment and its huge impacts on performances, job structure,
leadership, motivation and communication. Ryanair is an Irish airline founded in 1984. it is a
budget and low cost airline and based in London and Dublin airport. This report will include the
Ryanair's organizational culture such as Handy's typology and the nature of power and political
behavior of the company's management and its huge impacts on the behaviors and feelings of
staff and their performances. This report will also highlight the evaluation of content and process
theories of motivation. This report will also stats the team theory such as Belbin's team types and
Tuckman and Jensen's group development model and also include path-goal theory and its
impacts on improving the productivity and performance in Ryanair.
MAIN BODY
Activity 1
Organizational culture is a effective system of values, beliefs and shared assumptions
which directs the people behavior in the organization. Companies like Ryanair usually try to
develop develop effective organizational culture to encourages their employees and workers
(Chumg and et.al., 2016). It strongly promotes the organization's employees to enhance their
performances and act or perform according to their job. We can also discuses the organizational
culture through the main theory-
Handy’s typology theory
In this theory, four kinds of organizational culture provided by Charles handy. According
to the Handy, four types of organizational culture follows by the companies such as power
culture, task culture, person culture and role culture. Ryanair adopted task culture in their
organization and create effective results from it.
Task culture – Task cultures is the form when a team within the organization are formed
to address specific problems or progress projects. In other words, task plays a most important
role within the organization which shift the individual power within the organization. The whole
team of the Ryanair are formed and divided to solve complex issues and critical problems and
achieve the targets of company. According to the specific task, the organizational team are

formed. In such, Ryanair's individual with their common objectives and interests come together
to establish a team. The organization divided the team members according to their specifications
and interest and allotted them a specific task. This process helps the organization to enhance
productivity and efficiency of an employee (Coccia., 2015). In each team at least five to six
members are allotted that has common goal. This culture improves the productivity in the
organization because all the team members will contribute equally and conducting their activities
in a very effective and innovative way. The task culture in the organization can create a effective
platform for the employees to conduct their operations and activities effectively. It promotes the
employees for efficiency work and also increase their work effectiveness. The effective task-
culture in the Ryanair organization will specify all the tasks to the interested and active
employees. By which company can enhance its productivity and profitability (Kitchin., 2017). It
will also promote the organization at a next level. With the application of that theory, Ryanair
organization can reduced many unnecessary costs and expenses. In Ryanair the organization
culture use is Task Culture which is explained above. This culture is followed in the organization
to maintain effective performance of organization in target market with their current policies.
This process will help the organization to maintain the organization performance iin organization
as per the strategies that are selected by company.
Nature of power in the Ryanair organization-
French and Raven’s power includes coercive power, reward power, legitimate power,
referent power and expert power.
Reward Power
Ryanair airline uses reward power in their organization. Reward power includes the ability of a
people to conduct best performances in the organization and received awards in return. The
managers of the Ryanair airline reward and value their subordinates that ware generating best
results for the organization, for example managers provide incentives to their employees for their
extra ordinary performance in organization performance.. It is the best idea of a company to
encourage and inspire the individual towards the business success and goals. The rewards may
be in various type such as compliments and promotions. The effective rewards and promotion
can enhance the productivity and performances of the employee it can also create a positive
environment within the organization and develops an efficiency work culture.
Coercive Power