Organisational Behaviour Philosophies

ORGANISATIONAL
BEHAVIOUR

TABLE OF CONTENTS
INTRODUCTION...........................................................................................................................1
LO1..................................................................................................................................................1
P1. Analyse the way an organisation culture, Politics and Power influence an individual and
group behaviour as well performance....................................................................................1
M1 Critically analysing the way culture, power and politics influence individual and team
behaviour as well as performance..........................................................................................3
LO2..................................................................................................................................................3
P2 Evaluate the way content and process theories of motivation enable effective achievement
of goals in an organisation......................................................................................................3
M2 Critically evaluating the way to influence the behaviour of others.................................6
LO3..................................................................................................................................................7
P3. The characteristics of an effective team as opposed to an ineffective team....................7
M3. Team and Group development theory.............................................................................8
LO 4.................................................................................................................................................9
P4. Concepts and philosophies of organisational behaviour within an organisational context9
M4. Evaluating the way philosophies and OB concepts inform and influence behaviour...11
CONCLUSION..............................................................................................................................11
REFERENCES..............................................................................................................................13

INTRODUCTION
Organization behaviours is defined as the study which mainly concentrates on the way an
individual behaviours or other factors such as power, culture affects business performance. It can
also be referred to as the study of an individual attitude or behaviours within business setting
(Kashyap, 2018). The study of an individual behaviours is important, as this will assist in
developing the understanding about effect that person behaviours have on their own as well as on
organizational performance. A David and Co. Limited firm has been selected for conducting this
study. This firm operates in food and beverage industry.
The purpose of report is to analyse the way business culture, politics and power influence
an individual as well as team behaviour. It also has emphasised on identifying motivational
technique which enables effective achievement of business goals. Report will also include
explanation about different philosophies of organisational behaviour.
LO 1
P1. Analyse the way an organisation culture, Politics and Power influence an individual and
group behaviour as well performance
Organisation culture can be referred to as a system which consists of shared beliefs, values
and assumption which regulates the way an individual behave within business setting. Culture at
workplace have direct as well as significant effect on individual and team behaviour at
workplace.
This factor has both positive as well as negative influence on workers’ behaviour as well as
performance within an enterprise. For instance, A David and Co has good working culture which
has helped business entity in achieving success and fostering growth. As firm have an effective
working culture all workers are highly satisfied and committed to their work. There are different
types of culture according to Handy’s models these are:
Role: Business entity with this type of culture have strict rules and regulations which are
required to be followed by all employees at workplace. A David and Co limited organization
have this type of business culture. This culture has positive influence on person and team
behaviours as well as performance (Smith, Machin and Beccaria, 2017). As all employees have
knowledge about their roles and responsibilities, it helps in avoiding confusion and
misunderstanding at workplace. Role culture aids in eliminating the conflicts among the team
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members as they are provided with resources which are required by them to complete task. This
type of culture helps in bringing improvement in business performance. It assists an organization
in increasing productivity and also profitability. Role culture also enables an individual to get
high level of satisfaction from their work.
Task: In this type of culture special team is created in order to resolve specific problem.
This culture has positive impact on individual behaviours as well as on organizational
performance, as each and every individual within an enterprise has focus on their work. Task
culture helps in improving business performance (Importance of organisational behaviour,
2016). In such type of culture, behaviours of an individual is highly influenced by the work as
well as power given to them. For instance, if workers have skills to perform specific activity they
will feel excited to execute task, otherwise worker will ignore to do work.
Power: In this type of culture, only few people have power with them. Power culture at
workplace has negative effect on individual behaviours as well as performance. As workers
within an organization are judged by result achieved by them rather than their way of doing
work. This type of activities leads to high level of dissatisfaction in employees. Power culture at
workplace can give rise to politics at workplace.
Person culture: In organization with this type of culture, every person considered
themselves as superior which has adverse effect on other people behaviours as well performance
at workplace. It also has negative effect on productivity as well as other operational activities.
Politics
Politics within organization is considered to be as an unofficial behaviours which directly
have impact on firm productivity as well as overall business performance. It has been analysed
that people those who involve in politics have less attention on their work. In such type of culture
every individual have competition with other, as all workers want to get power and authority.
Such type of power culture is formed due to lack of resources. Employees may disagree with the
method used for allocating resources which might have negative influence on their behaviours as
well as performance (Ramdhani, Ramdhani and Ainissyifa, 2017). Politics at workplace hinders
the routine functioning of an enterprise which might lead to decrease in sales and profitability of
firm. This factor also has significant effect on the working environment within an organization.
Politics always creates stress among employees whose effect can be observed by analysing their
performance.
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