Organisational Behaviour Assignment | A David & Co Ltd
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Organisational Behaviour Assignment | A David & Co Ltd
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Table of ContentsINTRODUCTION...........................................................................................................................1TASK 1............................................................................................................................................1P1 Organisation's culture, politics and power influence individual and team performance andbehaviour ...............................................................................................................................1TASK 2............................................................................................................................................3P2 Process and content theories of motivation and motivational techniques.........................3TASK 3............................................................................................................................................7P3 Effective team as opposed to an ineffective team ............................................................7TASK 4............................................................................................................................................9P4 Concepts and philosophies of organisational behaviour within an organisation..............9CONCLUSION .............................................................................................................................10REFERENCES .............................................................................................................................12
INTRODUCTIONOrganisational behaviour is concerned with the analysis of both individual and groupactivity and performance within an enterprise (What is organizational behaviour?, 2017). Insimple word, OB is the application and study of knowledge regarding how people as groups andindividuals act or behave in organizations. This area of study analyse human behaviour in aworkplace and determines its effect on job performance, structure, motivation, leadership,communication etc. In this report, chosen organisation is A David & Co Limited i.e. is acommercial service industry that provides distribution and production of fruits. They offers fullrange of fresh vegetables, fruit, prepared products, bakery items, exotic goods and delivered onregular basis to restaurants, nursing homes etc. This project includes influence of politics, powerand culture on team and individual performance (Alfes and et. al., 2013). The report will alsocover process and content theories of motivation to motivate employees and achieve businessgoal. At last, philosophies and concepts of organisational behaviour to a business situation arealso include in this study. TASK 1P1 Organisation's culture, politics and power influence individual and team performance andbehaviour Organisation's culture: This includes an organisation's experience, philosophy,expectations as well as values that lead member behaviour. It is expressed in employee's innerworking, interaction and self-image with the future expectation. Organisational culture of ADavid & Co Limited is mainly based on beliefs, attitudes, customs, unwritten and writtenregulations that have been created over time. It also covers the business's values, norms, vision,language, symbols, systems, habits, beliefs and assumptions (Bolino and et. al., 2013). A David& Co Limited follow Handy’s cultural typology which is divided into four parts and influence ofteam and individual performance and behaviour. These are determined as under: Power culture: In this culture, power is held by a few persons whose effects spreadsthroughout the enterprise. There are some regulations and rules in a power culture that highlyeffects on individual and team performance and behaviour (Handy's Model of OrganisationalCulture, 2018). In context to A David & Co Limited, only some member are providing authorityto accurate power over others. 1
Role culture: This culture is mainly based on rules and regulations (Burrell and Morgan,2017). This culture enable managers to ascertain their responsibilities and duties in theenterprise. This culture also effect on team and individual performance when manager does notprovide accurate role to the employee. (Source: Handy's Model of Organisational Culture, 2018)Task culture: This culture forms when organisation team are developed to addressparticular issue or success projects. Task is more essential thing so authority within the groupoften change depending on the different team and the project or problem status (Chiboiwa,Chipunza and Samuel, 2011). Improper allotment of task and activity to the individual and groupinfluence over its performance and behaviour. Person culture: In this culture, a person is more concerned regarding their importantrather than the company. In A David & Co Limited, person cultures is essential because it allowsmanagers to retain an unique identity in the marketplace. Organisation's politics: It is a simple and clear statements of how business intends toorganise its actions or services. They give a set of leading principles to support with decisionmaking. Practices and policy changes in the work environment are inevitable but minimiseperformance and productivity. Inviting workers in the process of designing unique policies can2Illustration 1: Handy's Model of Organisational Culture
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