Organisational Behaviour Assignment - 2m Group Limited

Organisational Behaviour

Table of Contents
INTRODUCTION...........................................................................................................................1
TASK 1............................................................................................................................................1
P1 Analyse impact of organisation’s culture, politics and power on individual and team
behaviour and performance.........................................................................................................1
TASK 2............................................................................................................................................4
P2 Evaluation of content and process theories of motivation and motivational techniques
enable effective achievement of goals........................................................................................4
TASK 3............................................................................................................................................6
P3 Explain what makes an effective team as opposed to an ineffective team............................6
TASK 4............................................................................................................................................8
P4 Apply concepts and philosophies of organisational behaviour..............................................8
CONCLUSION..............................................................................................................................10
REFERENCES..............................................................................................................................11
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INTRODUCTION
Organisational behaviour is study of attitude which is performed by employees within
organisation. It can be referred as the study of interface among employees and other components
of enterprise making good environment within business enterprise. It is essential to know what
can be done through which culture of organisation will effective and efficient for providing
satisfaction to consumer (Lee, Kim and Kim, 2013). In an association, there is requirement of
various functions which makes business operations proper and significant. Leadership,
motivation, appraisals, etc. is essential as it helps in performing business operations in positive
way. In this report, there is a discussion about 2m Group Limited which deals in distribution of
Chemical which was established in 2004 by Mottie Kessler. This report enhance knowledge
about influence of culture, politics and power on behaviour of others, motivation of individuals
and team, impact of cooperate effectively with others, application of concept and philosophies of
organisational behaviour to business operations.
TASK 1
P1 Impact of organisation’s culture, politics and power on individual and team behaviour and
performance
Organisational behaviour is analysis of employees behaviour in which they interact with
each other. This is combination of management activities which helps to understand personnel's
behaviour at work place. In business, it is requirement of various approaches which help to
perform business operations in effective and efficient manner. While making changes in business
operations it is essential to work according to market trends and take actions which is significant
for growth and development of business. There is requirement to distribute some powers to
subordinate level which helps to perform job responsibilities in better manner. 2m Group
Limited is the association which deals in chemical so it is essential to deliver proper knowledge
to workers so they can perform job duties in efficient manner (Owings and Kaplan, 2012) Due to
change in business environment, so managers of 2m Group Limited have to alter business roles
and responsibilities of employees. There is some culture which is present in organisation, this is
because of employee's behaviour at work place. Manager must frame policies through which
good environment can be followed and business activities is performed in better and appropriate
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manner. With the help of Handy's cultural typology and organisational culture 2m Group
Limited able to analyse worker's behaviour which is discussed as below-
HANDY'S TYPOLOGY
As per this theory, there is difference in culture of every organisation. It is essential to
know what changes are required through which changes can be performed in better and efficient
way. Handy's cultural typology has four categories of culture which are discussed as under-
Power culture- In this culture, power is vested with some people. They decide what has
to be done through which changes are significant and effective for market growth and
development. They work according to market trends and this is effective for making changes in
roles and responsibilities of workers. In this, culture of 2m Group Limited controls all the
business operations from centre. There are possibilities of bureaucracy within business
organisation (Paillé and Grima, 2011).
Role culture- In this culture, managers assign roles and responsibilities to employees. It
is essential to create policies which are significant for performing job responsibilities. In this
culture, managers control business operations performed by employees as they assign some
responsibilities related to their responsibility. In 2m Group Limited, power is vested with
managers to take decisions which is significant and relevant for performing business operations.
This culture is closely related with power and how much power has to be given depends on
designation of personnel.
Person culture- In person culture, employees are considered essential component for 2m
Group Limited. With this culture, there are opportunities of growth for employees and it benefits
organisation as well as person. This motivates personnel to give their best and work according to
market trends which are fruitful for enhancing image of 2m Group Limited.
Task culture- As per task culture, some responsibility is assigned to employees. As per
this culture, employees are responsible for their assigned job roles. To deal with problem, there is
some power also given to employees, so they need not to consult with higher authority for small
issues. As per skills, task are assigned to employees, hence, it is responsibility of managers to
analyse skills and characteristics of employees (Ali, 2010). In this culture, matrix organisational
structure is followed and no single power i.e. associated with team.
Out of four culture, task culture is one of the best culture to achieve business objectives
of 2m Group Limited. As per this task culture, business activities can be performed in better and
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