Organizational Behavior: Analysis of Culture, Politics, and Power

This article analyzes the influence of organizational culture, politics, and power on individual and team behavior. It also evaluates the impact of motivation theories on effective management goals and discusses what makes an effective team. The case study focuses on the application of organizational behavior concepts in Adidas.

Organizational
Behavior

Table of Contents
INTRODUCTION.....................................................................................................................................3
TASK 1.......................................................................................................................................................3
P1 Analyze the organization culture, politics and power which influence individual team and behavior.
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M1...........................................................................................................................................................3
TASK 2.......................................................................................................................................................4
P2 Evaluate how content and process theories of motivation and motivational techniques enable
effective management goals....................................................................................................................4
M2...........................................................................................................................................................5
D1............................................................................................................................................................5
TASK 3.......................................................................................................................................................5
P3 Explaining what makes effective team as opposed to an ineffective team..........................................5
M3...........................................................................................................................................................6
TASK 4.......................................................................................................................................................7
P4 Applying concepts and philosophies of organizational behavior in Adidas........................................7
M4...........................................................................................................................................................8
D2............................................................................................................................................................8
CONCLUSION..........................................................................................................................................8
REFERENCES..........................................................................................................................................9

INTRODUCTION
Organizational behavior is the study of individuals who perform the task in different styles and
objectives. Further study will be discussing different aspects of individual behavior. It relates with
employees and about the workers who working for the organization profit and growth. In current scenario
development and digital technology influence employees or group to adopt new skills or knowledge.
Present report based on the organizational behavior of Adidas company. It is the German multinational
company which is well known for its smart products and services. It deals with sports shoes and other
sport accessories. Furthermore, it will also discuss about the different culture and values influence the
work of employees. Besides, various motivational theories in different forms also introducing this report,
problem solving and team work also helps to accomplish the organizational objectives. Moreover, whole
assignment will divide into parts in terms of explaining the organizational behavior.
TASK 1
P1 Analyze the organization culture, politics and power which influence individual team and
behavior.
In modern era where organization and behavior has been increasing continuously. It organizes
various opportunity and business ideas which gives positivity in business environment. Moreover, on the
basis of which organization needs to adopt diverse environment in order to make different and
productive working environment in the company (Miner, 2015). Organization consist different nature
of human beings in the business which makes variety of productive employees. There are small or big
organization in which many individual working which belongs from different culture and religions.
Moreover, politics, culture, religion influence individual or group of teams as well. Positive power in a
company business provides positivity in between all individuals. Good productive employees also
rewarded by the appreciation, rewarding employees, strong performance. Positive power build
confidence between employees and give enthusiasm to perform task in more productive way.
Moreover, this helps to reduce employee turnover of the company as well. Besides, other culture or mix
culture influence individual and their behavior among each other’s. different culture people influence to
work together in productive manner. On the other hand, positive workplace politics is the tool through
which employee get to learn so many things in order to handle the organization uncertainties. Besides,
this motivates to produce quality work for the company better performance. On the other side, negative
politics gives negative impact on the individuals or on workforce (Luthans, Luthans and Luthans
2015). Overall, individual learns from the senior group leaders and give their own best performance for
the company. These overall factors and different cultural environment gives different opportunities to
make company more popular and effective. Different culture gives different creativity and ideas.
Individual share his experience and working methods to build good team building among other
employees which provides better way of performance. Overall, positive behavior encourages new
learnings which gives better outcomes. Every employee helps to other employees for accomplishing the
task and objectives. This gives positive impact on the behavior of all employees.
M1
Different culture, politics environment influence individuals in different forms such as many
individual people belongs from different religion or state which gives their own performance according to
their behavior. Some employees motivate and some are demotivated which gives adverse impact on other

employees as well. On the other side, diverse culture is very necessary to adopt creativity in the business.
It makes growth and company achievements (Pinder, 2014). Employees works in a team each person has
their own process of working but while doing job they need to work in a group. So overall, it influences
culture and activity of organization.
TASK 2
P2 Evaluate how content and process theories of motivation and motivational techniques enable
effective management goals.
Theory of motivation focuses on employee moral and their satisfaction approach. Different
theories of motivation enhance individual confidence and motivational level. Many authors given
various theories on motivation for the development of employee behavior and enthusiasm level.
Content theory: content theory given by the Maslow, Alderfer’s ERG theory, McClelland’s achievement
and Herzberg two factor theories (Mine, 2015).
Maslow Needs Hierarchy theory: This theory of motivational is highly influenced employees in terms of
fulfilling the basic needs of employees in the organization. In terms of individual their needs are very
necessary to be fulfill such as Physiological needs which includes water, food, shelter, sleep. Without
having these basic needs individual will not get satisfied. On the other hand, Safety and security in which
employees must be safe and secure in working premises under which company needs to adopt health
and safety precautions in the organization. Another need is Belongings and love such as friends group,
family groups etc. this gives positive impact on the behavior of overall group members. For that,
company needs adopt group environment activities for the satisfaction for employees. Self esteem in
which employee needs appreciation and motivation by company for his good performance. Last need is
self-actualization this includes potential abilities (Greenberg, 2014). Overall, it provides overall
opportunity and create enthusiasm among employees for better business opportunity.
Alderfer ERG theory: this is another theory of motivation which concerned about the threes steps which
includes existence needs, relatedness needs, growth needs etc. existence needs include individual
safety needs under which they feel secure and safe. It helps company to focus on the main objectives
with the help of better performance of employees. Relatedness needs includes family group, friends,
colleagues, happiness in the best tool to make great changes satisfied people always works in positive
manner. Besides, Growth needs is also very necessary for the individual to measure actual performance
and development (Wagner III and Hollenbeck, 2014).
Herzberg two factor theory: It is the two-factor theory which defines hygiene and motivation factor
through which employee get more confident and motivated towards their work. In motivation factor
employee always consider achievement, recognition, responsibility, advancement, work itself etc. all
kinds of motivation which is required for life. It gives great achievements for their future and for their
work as well. On the other side, another factor is Hygiene factor which includes supervision, salary,
working conditions, company policy and administration, interpersonal relationship etc. these all are the
factors through which employee motivation is increasing towards the work.
On the basis of above theories of motivation helps company to make productive team force for
the company benefits (Borkowski, 2015). This potential ability helps to grow the business activities.
Motivation theories are the motivator factor or technique to enhance the performance level of the

employees. This helps organization to build effective team building which gives their best performance
and attract number of customers towards the company product and services, this assists to grab higher
sales revenue. Moreover, motivation tools and techniques influence company team members in
efficient manner.
M2
Motivational theories and concept is based on employee behavior which influence individual
behavior in positive manner, on the basis of given theories of motivation. They provide best source of
working in terms of good amount of behavior (Carpenter, Berry and Houston 2014). It also provides
employees good environment and effective way of working. Besides, some employees are less productive
and innovative in the organization due to which they are less interested to adopt motivational behavior.
This gives negative impression on the overall performance of the group. It gives less impressive working
on company objectives. This also helps to make good impression on the overall outcomes of the business.
Like with the help of Maslow need hierarchy theory which helps to fulfill the basic requirement of the
employee. Moreover, business objectives are relating with the business environment.
D1
Organization relationship, culture, politics, power and motivation. These all factors affect
organization behavior and influence activities according to the employee needs. Organization is of diverse
nature which influence some positive and negative environment. Different kinds of nature, caste, religion,
gender works each other in terms of performing best productive task. These all factors or diversity also
gives negativity among other employees due to which performance of the employees get affected and get
low (Vasu, Stewart and Garson, eds., 2017). This makes effective process of working.
TASK 3
P3 Explaining what makes effective team as opposed to an ineffective team
Adidas is the well-known brand in the market, it is the biggest and effective well-known brand in
terms of getting customer good response as well. Adidas deals with clothing, sports footwear and other
effective sports accessories. It provides quality products. It is the second highest sport company which
provides services across the world (Hogg and Terry, 2014). Employees or workers who works for the
company is highly dynamic and productive in work. Employees and productive employee power helps to
accomplish the organization objectives and team building organization. They having 53,731 employees
which focus on the Min objective or getting customer satisfaction. On the other side, collective team
working gives more productive work comparatively others. In the department there are different types of
behavior culture working environment in the working place. In the organization there are various types pf
teams such as problem-solving team, functional team, and project team. Every employee works together
in order to accomplish the organization objectives. It gives good outcome and customer satisfaction
approach. Adidas also having employees in different areas of world.
Functional team: functional team works and handle the daily function of the company. Adidas is the
manufacturing company which needs to maintain the effective function in order to accomplish the
manufacturing process effectively (Bolman and Deal, 2017)Functional team of the adidas works major
task for the organization which take care of all the function in across the overall working. Functional
department maintained all necessary functions of the organization. Technological factor also helps to give

innovative and virtual strength in between employees. Company also adopts different techniques and
technology in order to connects with their different employees across the world.
Problem solving team: problem solving is the team which removes issues and conflicts within working
for getting the best productive outcomes. In this group there are various employees which are well
qualified and skilled to make the environment productive and impressive. Problem solving team needs to
adopt different attractive and impressive techniques in order to reduce the issues in the company.
Technology and advanced technologies also helps to mitigate the issues between the work (Luthans, F.,
Luthans and Luthans, 2015).
Project team: Project team is form for the main objectives is to adopts different projects to give more
profit revenue to the company in order to develop the company brand image. Team members of project
team is works together on the same project this helps to make company performance more productive and
efficient. Project team assign the work to other department in order to complete the overall objectives.
Group form from different personality and skills people which gives their best contribution to the team in
terms of better or individual gives good performance for the company benefits. Group or general goals are
not having any specific task or goal to achieve. Every individual set their professional goals as well as
self-interest. Groups or team members are two different things in the departments like team works
together for a specific period of time or for specific goals. Besides, group may or may not work for each
there or not belong from the same department. They all are work for individual. Team goals objectives.
relate with the final objectives.
Tuckman’s team development model: it helps to define how team grow or works together. How they face
up challenges, overcome from the conflicts (Lazaroiu, 2015It gives new opportunity and working
criteria in order to the same objectives. This approach propounded by Tuckman in 1965. Under this
forming, norming and storming performing model has been given for the team management. This impact
directly on the behavior of individual which makes person productive and committed to their work. In the
model of forming all the employees or workers are very polite and positive out of them some individuals
are anxious which fails to grab the method of working. In the next step in storming where in which
individual push by the team members to do something different and unique which means beyond the
boundaries. It gives power and new strength in terms of better performance. Initial in this stage people get
discouraged and fails due to some lack of coordination. In the next of norming in which all individual
works for each other as a team and give respect to each other.
Beblin’s typology was given by Meredith individual role in teams. in which they adopt specific language
to describe individual role. This model based on 360-degree feedback in which individual monitor by
their behavior. It gives new method and technology in order to take the best effective process of working.
M3
On the basis of above theories of group has been discussed that, different group theories have
their own pros and cons in order to monitor the individual behavior. It gives power and strength in order
to meet the criteria. All the theories are effective and inevitable for the organization in order to to
accomplish the organizational objectives. Some individuals enhance productivity and group building out
of them some are try to adjust themselves in the environment of the company.

TASK 4
P4 Applying concepts and philosophies of organizational behavior in Adidas
Every organization have different types of employees from different varieties of behavior
which influence number of activities and contribute their best performance level. This is the
effective process of working which influence best effective process. This knowledge including
sociology, psychology, communication and management. This is the effective process of
working. This helps employee to understand the structure and process.
Path goal leadership theory: this is the model which defines the style in which employee feel
satisfied and brilliant in order to working in the environment. The main objective of this theory is
to motivate the employees towards the work objectives. Through which satisfaction level of the
employees will also increasing in terms of productive work (Hui, Lee, and Wang, 2015). This
helps to enhance the productive team members. Adidas gives productive and healthy working
environment to the employees so that they all works for better productive way.
Contemporary barriers to effective behavior: this model of theory is effective to get
overcome from conflicts and from work barriers with the help of which employees works in
more confidently. Organization facing barriers in terms of feedback, employee response,
customer feedback, dissatisfaction with suppliers, changes in market demands. So, these all are
the barriers for the company. With the help of contemporary theory, they can easily make
problem solving task in order to give good response from the negative feedback. This process
gives negative impact on the employee’s performance (Hui, Lee and Wang, 2015). They feel
burden and stress due to negative feedbacks from customers. Adidas deals with the barriers by
effective or productive performance. This makes good impression on the behavior of individual
when all employees work together for gaining the target objectives of the company.
Social capital theory: This is another theory of which focus on the nature, structure and
resources embedded in person’s network of relationship. This focus on the quality of interaction
within the employees’ band group of members. Along with that it also concerned with quality
work of the company. It makes good making of product and services with the help of
maintaining productive environment in the company.
Contingency theory: This theory of organizational ensure that best way to achieve the target
with the help of mutual concern of external or internal situations. Leaders adopt different types
of approaches as per the required situation to mitigate the uncertainties in the environment.
On the basis of organization theory, they have 5P’s which are purpose, philosophy,
priorities, practice and projection (Hui, Lee and Wang, 2015). Along with that, it becomes very
easy for the organization to amend all changes with the help of all 5P’s. philosophies help to
make the best effective process of working in between the department growth. This makes
priorities of work and objectives which depends good environment and productive environment.
Moreover, organizational objective is the foremost task for the organization through which
employees works and perform in the business environment. This also gives power and
enthusiasm among people which makes company brand image higher and productive. This also
influence positive environment.

M4
Organizational behavior influenced from many factors of individual which makes working
environment positive and negative. Organization having number of employees in the departments which
influence working of individual different number of employees works according to their own skills and
interest in different manner. They influence and promote each other for better performance. On the other
side, due to lack of coordination among employees they create dissatisfaction and conflicts which may
gives customer dissatisfaction and low performance in the company (Hui, Lee and Wang, 2015). These
theories of OB make positive environment between people. Besides, some employees feel jealousy and
discomfort among people. This create negative environment in the company.
D2
Development theory encourage employees and give motivation for the better performance. It
gives new opportunities and growth in terms of providing best effective process of working. It gives more
better performance in terms of maintained working environment in the company.
CONCLUSION
From the basis of above discussion, it can be concluded that, organization behavior is
influenced by many factors which gives effective process of working. On the other side, effective
way of organization culture, environment employees get happy and motivated always. For
present fil adidas company has been taken into the whole study. Moreover, apart from that, it
also discussed about the motivational theory like Maslow need hierarchy theory, Herzberg two
factor and Alderfer’s and ERG theory. On the other hand, study also discussed about
organizational behavior theory which gives different modes of working in the environment of
business. Moreover, adman theory of management gives better position in terms of creating good
amount of positivity. On the other sides it also helps to make good amount of brand quality in
terms of future growth. Overall impact of technology on organizational behavior inspire
employees for better performance in the company.

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