Organisational Behaviour

Organisational
Behaviour

INTRODUCTION
Organizational behavior indicates to the procedure of study of both group and individual
execution and function within a organisation. It can be an area and field of study to monitor
human behavior in a work environs and analyses its effect on job artefact, execution, abstraction,
motivation and leadership etc. Organizational behavior is helpful because with the assistance of
it, the administration of a organisation can study the complex nature of human beings and find
out causes and impacts of that behavior (Avota, McFadzean and Peiseniece, 2015). It is
necessary for a company because with the help of it manager of an organization can effectively
describe that why the human resource of the firm involve in some behavior rather than others and
create impacts that how the workers act in them. This report is based on Sainsbury which is the
second largest chain of supermarkets in UK. This firm was established by John James Sainsbury
in 1869 and headquartered in Holborn, London, UK. This firm produce several product such as
hypermarket, supermarket, superstore, convenience shop and forecourt shop etc. This document
will define about a company's civilization, politics and power influence individual and team
behavior and performance. Further will be explained about content and process conceptions and
explanation of team effectiveness as opposed to an ineffective team. Concept and philosophies of
organizational behavior will also defined within an organizational context.
TASK 1
P1. Analysis of organization's culture, politics and power influence individual and team behavior
and performance
Organizational culture- It indicates to the aggregate values, beliefs and principles of
organisational people and is a commodity of factors like history, goods, market,. Technology,
strategy, types of employees, administration style and national culture etc. Organizational culture
also consist the organisation's vision, beliefs, standard and method of the company. In Sainsbury,
the civilization of the firm displays the beliefs, beliefs and philosophy which assist in providing
guidance and leadership to the manpower. Within this organization, if the management of the
firm effectively follow the culture of the firm, it will be help for increasing the productiveness
and profitableness of the organisation and also enhancing the performance of the employees
(Balwant, 2018). Positive and good culture of the organization is helpful for reducing the
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problems and issues which are generating in the firm. The management of Sainsbury can use
different model of culture to monitor the effective of it, some of them are defined as following:
Handy's Model of organisational culture
This model is formulated by Charles Handy to monitor the culture of an organisation.
This model consist various elements and they are mentioned as below:
Power culture- Within this component, the power of decision making is having by some
people and they are only accountable to take determination in context of any problem and issue
(Burrell and Morgan, 2019). In Sainsbury, manager are some specific individual who are
responsible to take decision and they have not any need and requirement of consulting with the
employees. This type of culture is not good for the firm because it does not useful and beneficial
for the maturation and improvement of the organisation because it generate demotivation within
the employees and they feel that they are not essential resources for the administration. It create
unfavourable impact upon team and individual because due to lack of motivation they do not
their efforts and effectiveness for the growth of the company an it affect team work and task.
Role culture- It is another element and under it, the manger of the company is
responsible for sharing all the information and data which is required and needed to other people.
This kind of culture is extremely job oriented and can often be found in bureaucratic firms. This
kind culture is not negotiable in nature. In Sainsbury, the roles and responsibilities is assigned by
the administration of the organisation to the workers according to their skills and competencies.
It positively affect the organisation because if the administrator of respective organisation play
their role properly then it encourage employees and team and attain their objectives
appropriately.
Task culture- This is the another factor of this model and accordant to it, the work and
task are allotted to the workers of the company by determining their knowledge and skills. In
Sainsbury, the administration of the firm assigned the work to the employees according their
capabilities and competencies. So that it can be monitored that they are able to perform any task
or not. In some cases, the manager of the company provide work to the workers to monitor the
past performance of them (Chumg and et., 2016). It positively impact the group and individual
behaviour because if the work is allotted to them as per their cognition and skills and then
absolute it in effective way and adequately accomplish task objectives.
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