Influence of Culture, Politics and Power on Organisational Behaviour

Organisational Behaviour

Table of Contents
INTRODUCTION...........................................................................................................................1
P1 Analyse the influence of culture, politics and power on the behaviour within the
organisational context.................................................................................................................1
P2 Content and Process theory of Motivation.............................................................................4
P3 Effective versus Ineffective team...........................................................................................6
P4 Concepts and philosophies of organisational behaviour........................................................8
CONCLUSION..............................................................................................................................10
REFERENCES..............................................................................................................................11

INTRODUCTION
Organisation behaviour is the study of behaviour of people or group of individuals in a
workforce and its study cover wider areas that includes job satisfaction, perception, motivation,
theories of leadership and so on(Ajala, 2016). Primark is a fashion retailer in Ireland that deal
with wide range of services like cosmetics, clothing and housing appliances and so on. It has
expanded its operations in different parts of the country in order to gain large access of
customers. This report is based on the influence of power, culture and politics and various
motivational theories such as Maslow's theory and goal setting theory. It also covers the
difference between effective and ineffective team and also includes various theories and
philosophies of organisation behaviour and various aspects of accomplishment of goal.
P1 Analyse the influence of culture, politics and power on the behaviour within the
organisational context
Organisational behaviour is the set behaviour pattern that includes the study of both
individual and group activity within an organisation(Alvesson and Spicer, 2016). In other words,
it is a broad term which includes various aspects such as perception, theories of motivation, job
satisfaction, performance appraisal, effectiveness of leadership and so on which deals with daily
operations of a business. In a business era, power and politics have great impact that determine
the growth opportunities of a business. As it relates with the with the operations and management
which is the major cause of downfall or success of the company. The main motive is to
understand the behaviour and performance of employees that provide the deep understanding in
knowing the perspectives and culture of a company. The performance of individual or team is
affected with change in culture, politics and power with reference to Primark is presented below:
Culture: It is a term that includes norms, behaviour, ethics, knowledge, belief, custom
and laws found in human societies and also the habits of individuals within this group(Balwant,
2018). The individuals or group of people acquire culture through the learning process of
socialization and its diversity across the societies. According to Handy's typology, there are four
cultural aspects that which affect the company and its environment.
Role Culture: Everyone in the organisation is aware of the roles and responsibilities and
the manager of company assign the work among the subordinates in according to their
specialised skills so that they could work in an effective manner. Furthermore, individual
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working in an organisation have some power depending on the position they hold. One of the
advantage is that this reduce the conflict as works is assigned appropriately. In this, the risk
associated is low as compared to other culture such as person culture, task culture etc. Primark
follow the role culture by assigning the roles and responsibilities among the subordinates on the
basis of their skills so as to achieve a task before the deadline of the project.
Person Culture: This culture is all about the staff and employees who considered
themselves more superior and unique and their focus is on their own goals rather than firm's
objectives(Brankovic, 2018). With reference to Primark, the behaviour of individuals becomes
negative that affect the profitability and productivity as their main focus is on self goals. This
results in declining the overall performance and results and thereby reduces the output.
Task Culture: This culture is formed when the team of individual is addressed to some
specific issues and to find the best solutions with a view to maintain efficiency in a firm. This
culture is executed by the management of Primark to resolve the issues among the employees
which results an increase in job satisfaction.
Power Culture: In this type of culture, power is held by higher authority whose influence
spread and have potential to take the major decisions within the organisation(Gkorezis, and
Petridou, 2017). By using this culture, Primark would fall short of achieving the organisation
objectives as the company performance is affected.
On the basis of above analysation, role culture is considered as the suitable choice of the
management of Primark as the role and task ia assigned among the employees in order to
accomplish goals.
Power: Power is defined as the capacity of individuals and has the authority to get the
things done from the people(Elsmore, 2017). In the context of Primark, the authority is in the
hands of top management. The elements of power is presented as follows with reference to
Primark:
Legitimate power: This authority is delegated to the senior authority as they have high
potential to take major decisions of the company and also they have considerable amount of
duties and responsibilities within an organisation. The scope of power is less in the hands of
employees as it is strictly defined in according to the position held.
Referent power: This power is a form of reverence that is beneficial to a leader who has
excellent skills and it is observed in charismatic leader who makes other feel comfortable with
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