Influence of Organizational Culture, Power, and Politics on Team and Individual Behavior and Performance

Organizational Behaviour

Table of Contents
INTRODUCTION...........................................................................................................................3
PART 1............................................................................................................................................3
Analysing how an organizational culture, power and politics influence team as well as
individual behaviour & performance......................................................................................3
Analysing how power, culture and politics of Morrison can influence team and individual
performance and behaviour....................................................................................................8
Evaluating how process and content theories of motivation and techniques enable excellent
achievement of aims in Morrison's context............................................................................8
Examining how to influence others behaviour through application of behavioural motivational
concepts, models, and theories.............................................................................................12
PART 2..........................................................................................................................................12
Explaining what makes an effective team as opposite to an ineffective team.....................12
Analysing appropriate group and team development theories to support development of
cooperation within effective teams.......................................................................................15
Applying philosophies and concepts of organizational behaviour within Morrison's context
and given venture situation...................................................................................................16
Evaluating how concepts & philosophies of organizational behaviour influence and inform
behaviour within given business condition..........................................................................17
CONCLUSION..............................................................................................................................18
REFERENCES................................................................................................................................1

INTRODUCTION
Organizational behaviour is defined as application and study of knowledge about how
people behave and conduct specific activity within a company. It concerned with human
behaviour that is appropriate for organisational productivity and performance. The concept
provides insight on how workers perform in the work area. The current assignment will be based
on Morrison's, which falls under list of top 10 supermarkets in the United Kingdom. It holds
fourth number position in retail sector by offering quality products to consumers. Supermarket
has 494 outlets in the UK, where skilled people are working. The organization source and
process most of fresh food that it sell through own production facilities. By serving quality
products and service, brand has covered more than 11 million households, which contribute to
increase profitability and productivity.
The study will explain how politics, culture and power influence individual & team
behaviour and performance. It will define how content and process concepts of motivation and
techniques enable effective achievement of aims in company. Furthermore, the report will justify
what makes an effective team as compare to ineffective group. Lastly, it will clarify application
of philosophies and concepts of organizational behaviour within chosen firm context as well as
give business situation.
PART 1
Analysing how an organizational culture, power and politics influence team as well as individual
behaviour & performance
There are varied factors available in the business world that affecting performance and
behaviour of companies, individual employee and teams. It includes power, culture and politics,
which affect the way people conduct any activity (Erthal and Marques, 2018).
Organizational culture is made up of shared beliefs, importance and assumptions about
how workers should behave and communicate. While, organizational power is described as the
competence of a company structure that enables firms to use all mandatory resources in context
of business growth.
Influence of organizational culture on team and individual performance & behaviour-
The culture of Morrison's affect individual and team nature as well as their performance.
It may define by applying Handy's model of organizational culture which encompasses four
types of culture.

Power culture-
It is usually a powerful culture, though it may swiftly turn toxic. When a company
follows this type of culture, it drives the attention of management towards taking their decision
without any differentiation practice, it may influence individual applicant and team behaviour as
well as performance in term of increasing their productivity (Ekhsan and et.al., 2019).
Role culture-
It built on detailed structure of companies which usually tall not flat with a long chain of
administration command (Shujahat and et.al., 2019). A company with the current form of culture
by controlling practices and activities of workers in a fair manner may influence performance
and behaviour of all the workers in positively.
Task culture-
An company may use this culture when groups formed to address particular project or
tasks. When management within Morrison's build a group to complete important project without
conducting differentiation practices, it may influence performance of applicants in positive
manner as well as their behaviour in term of boosting morale (Stoyanova and Iliev, 2017).
Person culture-
Illustration 1: Handy's Model of Organisational Culture
(Source: Handy's Model of Organisational Culture, 2018)