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

ORGANIZATIONAL
BEHAVIOUR

TABLE OF CONTENTS
INTRODUCTION...........................................................................................................................1
LO1..................................................................................................................................................1
P1)Organisation culture, politics and power influence individual team behaviour and
performance.................................................................................................................................1
LO 2.................................................................................................................................................4
P2) Content and process theory of motivation for effective achievement of goal in firm...........4
LO 3.................................................................................................................................................6
P3 Effective team opposed to ineffective team. ..........................................................................6
LO 4.................................................................................................................................................8
P4 Concepts and philosophies of organisational behaviour in organisational context................8
CONCLUSION..............................................................................................................................10
REFERENCES..............................................................................................................................11

INTRODUCTION
Organisation behaviour is the process through which management understand the behaviour
of employees and control over their behaviour. Management ensures that all the workers behave
positive and support higher authorities to meet their organisational goal. If people are negative
then then will not perform their duties well.
Ryanair is established in 1984 and known as Irish budget airline. It's headquarter in swords,
Dublin airport and Ireland. It has covered large area of airline like Lauda, Ryanair sun, Ryanair
UK and Malta Air there are subsidiaries of Ryanair. 17500 employees works in Ryanair airline
(About us,2019).
Study will explain influence of culture and politics on performance of employees and
their team behaviour. Furthermore, motivational theories will be explained and will show its
effectiveness in meeting organisational goal. Furthermore, factors that have influence over team
and help in forming an effective team will be explained. At last, report will explain philosophies
of organisation behaviour.
LO1
P1) Organisation culture, politics and power influence individual team behaviour and
performance
Organisational culture can be defined as believes of company to manage the work and
perform activities (Charles Handy Mode, 2019).
Handy’s Typology
Handy’s culture model explains several culture that adopt by different companies. This
model explains four culture task, role, person and power (Friedmann, Garg and Holtbrügge,
2018).
Power
In firm with an power culture, where power held by few people that influence and spread
throughout company.. Where the workers are judge on the basis of their achievement and their
act. It is strong culture that swiftly turn to an toxic. In this the employees work accordingly what
the power holder are expected from them and accordingly perform the task and if the managers
feel that every thing is going fine according to this culture than the result with an happy and
satisfy and dissatisfaction can lead labour turnover and lack of enthusiasm (Coccia, 2015). As
higher authorities dominate their workers hence they feel in pressure. This type if power makes
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them negative hence they don’t perform well in the company. This affect their performance in
team as well and affect the overall organisational performance as well.
Role
It is a culture where each individual has delegated with roles and responsibility on the
bases of their specialization, qualification & interest. In this employee willing come in front to
do the work or challenge an acceptance. In such case the performance of the employee can
increase as they voluntary accept the task with interest. Also changes may come in the behaviour
of every employee after the responsibility in such work environment (Kitchin, 2017). In this
culture higher authorities allot different duties to each members by looking at their capabilities.
This makes employees feel comfortable and they like to work on such tasks. This makes them
positive and their behaviour or performance raised. Hence they put best efforts which gives
positive result to organisation and team performance also improved (Hackett and et.al., 2018).
Task
In such culture team are made to achieve an target and solve out the critical issues. In this
case the people have with the same interest can come forward to make team and find out the
regional solution for the task. Every team member in this team are get an equal contribution to
complete the task with an more innovative way. It increases the confidence and performance of
the employee in the organisation (Quinn, 2016). As particular target is set and people find own
solution to meet that target. This culture motivates workers of Ryanair and make them positive as
well. This influence their behaviour and make them positive which results in raising team and
organisational performance (Vihari, Rao and Jada,2018).
Person
In company where the employees feel that company are more attention to the workers
rather than the organisation. Here the people are much more concern about himself than
organisation. Employee get the full freedom to work and their performance may increase but in
many time employee take the advantage of such culture and they come just for the sake of
money never become attach to company (Bakotić, 2016). In this type of culture people do not
really take guidance of leaders or their higher authorities, in this condition they make their own
judgement. Hence they make their own judgement and don’t like to perform in team. Hence it
impacts negative on team performance and sometimes affect overall performance of organisation
as well.
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Ryanair follows task culture where all people perform the work well and support each
other because they are familiar with the given task. They get rights to make their judgement
which makes them able to work better and raise their performance as well. Hence this type of
culture impact positive on employees of Ryanair and heir team performance as well (Nwali and
Kanu, 2018).
Power- French and Raven's Power types
Power can be defined as ability of person to make decision in the firm and influence the
performance of others in organisation (Power in organisation, 2019).
This is the model that highlights different power held in the company by higher
authorities which affect the working of company.
Coercive Power
If employees are forced against its will to do the work. Its main objective to complete the
task and not giving the attention to the employees and not providing any reward to the employee
performance for their better work keep on concentrate on the compliance of the work. In such
treats with the employee it reduces the performance of the employee and become demotivated
and may create unhealthy behaviour & create dissatisfaction among the employees at work place
(As people are being forced hence they become negative and work under pressure which affect
their working ability. In such condition they fail to do well hence it impact on their performance
in team as well. By this way organisation performance get affected (Pradhan, Kumari and
Kumar, 2017).
Reward Power
It this organisation reward the employees according on the basis of the performance of
the employee firm provide the reward to an employee. It result increase the performance of the
employee at high rate and boost up the confident in the employee to work more effectively for
the Ryanair organisation. Also issue is their when the reward not have that much perceived value
another employees that weakened the power. It dissatisfies the employee and they lose
effectiveness in work performance (Svanberg and Öhman, 2016). This type of Power motivates
staff members and they work better to achieve the organisational goal. This power makes them
happy and their working ability gets raised which encourage workers and it reflects in team
performance as well.
Legitimate Power
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It provide the feeling of the responsibility towards the management. Such as punishment
and providing the reward to the employee is the part of such legitimate power. But many
managers execute the certain level of punishment & reward. As people mainly obey the authorise
people and follow them but when the authority is lose by the person. This power become weak to
motivate the employee of the Ryanair organisation which result decline in performance level
(Lee and Low, 2016). This type of power affect the working of employees as they don’t feel
comfortable hence their working ability get affected which impact on overall organisational
performance to great extent.
Referent power
In this power responsibility become high and it is very useful as compare to other power.
It is based on management ability to an administer to some individual in the form of individual
acceptance. This power treat with charm. Like a leader. Here people choose the highly like
people. Hence the people with power and appreciation that have great influence (Elsmore,
2017).This type of power sometimes create jealousy among others which create problem in
managing work. This affect the working of people hence overall organisational performance get
affected.
Expert power
It is based on the expertise people who have lot of information. Such intelligent people
they trust the power that fulfil the norms of the Ryanair organisation. If such expertise individual
are their in the firm than, they persuade workers, who respect the person and do proper work.
This expertise people are accepted by the employee and follow their commands. And improve
the performance of employee & behaviour of organisation (Beddoe, 2015). As expert has power
an people obey them. Hence they follow their instruction which makes them able to perform
their duties easily. Hence this type of power makes the work easy and all the employees perform
their work effectively (Hashim and et.al., 2018).
Ryanair has expert type of power where all the employees are guided by people those
who have great knowledge about their work and they manage the work in most effective manner.
People get motivated and they work more harder to meet the organisational goal.
Political- Chantal's Behaviour
Organisation politics can be described as use of power by higher authorities and way to
manage or treat people (Reorganizing Organizational Politics, 2019). Research
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