Influence of Organisational Culture, Politics and Power on Behaviour and Performance

Organisational Behaviour

Table of Contents
INTRODUCTION.......................................................................................................................................3
LO 1.............................................................................................................................................................3
P1. Influence of organisational culture, politics and power on the behaviour and performance of
individual and team.................................................................................................................................3
LO2..............................................................................................................................................................5
P.2 Different motivational theories and their effectiveness in accomplishing of objectives of firm........5
LO 3.............................................................................................................................................................6
P.3 Difference between effective and ineffective team which helps in making effective team..............6
There are lot of differences between effective and ineffective team. They are-.....................................6
LO 4.............................................................................................................................................................8
P4. Application of concepts and philosophies of organizational behavior...............................................8
CONCLUSION.............................................................................................................................................10
REFERENCES..............................................................................................................................................11

INTRODUCTION
Organization have many staff members who can perform different functions and activities to
achieve goals and objectives. Management can give proper and correct directions to all
employees so that they can perform in better manner. For getting successful in the market,
company’s managers have to keep an eye on behavior of all the employees ( Ali, 2010). This is
important for maintaining good communication and a level of coordination among the workers
and their teams. Sports Direct International Plc., a British retailer group was founded by Mike
Ashley in 1982. The organization is considered as one of the largest goods retailer of sports in
the whole UK with over 670 stores in the whole world.
In this report , organizational culture, office politics, power and its effect on the
functioning of the staff as individuals as well as in teams, motivation to the employees to achieve
their targets and making of effective teams are explained.
LO 1
P1. Influence of organisational culture, politics and power on the behaviour and performance of
individual and team
Culture
Sports Direct International Plc. Is a worldwide service providing retail organization. The
company only deals in sports products and it is regarded as the biggest retailer of UK. It has 670 stores
all over in the world. For the company to be successful, it becomes the duty of manager to adopt a
certain culture which is necessary for making better teams and to ensure removal of politics in office
(What is organizational behaviour, 2017).
Organizational culture involves values and practices which should be followed by the employees
while doing their work. It becomes essential for developing the social and psychological environment.
Norms, vision, systems, assumptions, vision, language, location, environment, belief and habits are some
factors included in this culture. The company comprises of the following four types of culture:
 Power culture: It involves distribution of power between the workers in the firm. This has a
huge effect on the relation between workers and departments of the organization. This ensures
that employees perform their tasks on the basis of the power given to them. Effective
channelization of the power is necessary for the performance of the workers as individuals as
well as in teams that lead the company towards growth.

 Role culture: Each of the workers in the company has different role to play according to their
strengths. Manager of Sports Direct International Plc. has the job to assign roles to all the
employees. This removes confusion of any sort among the employees. This increases the
productivity of the firm and reduces the repetition of functions (Al-Zu’bi, 2010)
.
 Task culture: The manager of the organization has his main focus on the development of teams
which help in finding solutions to complex tasks and targets. Benefit of this culture to the firm is
timely identification of the problems and their solutions to improve the functioning of the
employees and their teams (Ayyagari, Grover and Purvis, 2011).
 Person culture: Manager of the company also has the task to help each and every employee and
support them to develop their skills and become more professional at their jobs. This keeps the
workers motivated so that they can perform their best and have better coordination with the
management.
Politics
Organizational politics involves informal effort to sell their own ideas, influence the firm, increase
power and achievement of other goals. This is done by the workers of the company to better their image
in front of the top management. This proves to be a demotivating factor for the workers at Sports Direct
International Plc. This prevents the hard working employees of the company from getting the appraisal
they deserve. The effect of politics in office on individual and teams is as follows:
 Reduction in productivity: Because of office politics, non deserving workers attain higher
positions. This will have a great effect on the performance of the workers which will decrease
the overall productivity of the company.
 Effect on concentration: Politics in office changes the behavior of employees and they become
more involved in using false tactics to reach higher position in the company. As a result workers
become less concentrated on their work and make mistakes. This leads to the whole team being
affected negatively and hinders their ability to complete their tasks in the given time.
 Increases stress: Politics in office causes stress to be increased upon the hard working
employees as they are not getting the appraisal they deserve for their contribution. This creates
a feeling of distrust among the members of a group and the communication process. As a result
lots of problems remain unattended in the company and thus the overall performance of the
team is affected.
Power
Power is all about having the authority (Baum, Frese and Baron, 2014)
. The person possessing power in the company can affect other employees and their behavior with the
control over resources. Power should be rightly used so that employees get the right guidance and
perform their best. The types of power possessed by Sports Direct International Plc. are as follows: