Organisational Theory and Practice

Organisational theory and
practice

TABLE OF CONTENTS
INTRODUCTION......................................................................................................................3
Management style and function of management used by Jack Marie Henry David Bowles.3
Organizational structure and culture of BAT.........................................................................4
Leadership style implemented by CEO of BAT....................................................................5
Impact of power, influence and conflict on the organization.................................................6
Application of motivational theory........................................................................................7
Literature................................................................................................................................8
Recommendations..................................................................................................................9
CONCLUSION........................................................................................................................10
REFERENCES.........................................................................................................................11

INTRODUCTION
Organizational theory and practices are the various methods and strategies which the
company has to follow in order to make the business run and operate in proper and effective
manner. This includes all the aspect of the business whether be it culture and structure of
company, motivation, working pattern, style of leadership or style of management, power
within the company and many other related things. All these decisions are to be taken by the
company in order to effectively manage the run the business in successful manner. This is
due to the reason that if business will not take care of all these decisions then business will
not be able to manage its operations and working. The organizational theories are created
taking into account the various aspect of the organization which is required to be taken care
of in order to attain the desired goals in an effective and timely manner. The importance of
each theory has it own relevance in the organization which cannot eb ignored and this
resulted into making the companies a achieving the desired outcomes more efficiently with
less probability of the getting the failure.
The benefits of it can be seen in the long term which is considered very advantageous
for the organization. This report provides an in-depth analysis of the organizational theories
and practices which is being implemented by the Mr. Jack Marie Henry David Bowles, the
CEO of British American Tobacco (BAT). This report states about the management style
technique and principles of the same being utilized by the CEO and the different steps being
taken in respect to the organizational structure which resulted into higher success and
improved performance level of the organization. Along with that it also covers the
organizational culture, leadership style of the CEO, effect of influence, power and conflict on
the performance and efficiency of the organization and the ways through which the company
is managing to enhance the motivational level of the employees.
Management style and function of management used by Jack Marie Henry David Bowles
For the business to be successful it is very crucial that business try to manage all the
activities being conducted within the company. The major reason underlying this fact is that
if the management will not be proper then this will have a great impact over the working and
productivity of the company (Johansen and Cadmus, 2016). Thus, for the proper management
and running of British American Tobacco, Jack Marie Henry David Bowles uses the
management style of consultative management style. This is a technique wherein before
taking any of the decision or choosing any of the method of work Bowles first consul all the

people working within the company and then finalises any decision. This is a very good
technique of taking all the decision and managing the business in good and effective manner.
The major reason underlying this is that in this style of management Bowles takes into
consideration the views of all the people working within the company and this increases the
morale of the employees. This is pertaining to the fact that when the company will include all
the people in the decision making process and take their suggestion then this will motivate
the employees and they will work with more efficiency and up to their fullest potential.
In addition to this there are many different types of management function which are
performed by Bowles in order to manage the British American Tobacco company. The major
function being performed by Bowles is planning and this is done by them as if the planning
will not be good then the company will not be able to manage the working in proper and
effective manner. Thus, the planning function is performed by Bowles. In addition to this the
other major function being performed by Bowles is the direction and controlling. This is
majorly because of the reason that the plan is made by Bowles and he knows how to
effectively control the working so that the plan is successfully accomplished (Ramos, Mota
and Corrêa, 2016). Thus, this is another major function being performed by the Bowles in the
proper management of the company and this function is very important. This is due to the
reason that if he will not be able to direct the employees and control their working then it
might be possible that they will not be able to work in proper manner.
Organizational structure and culture of BAT
The BAT has been using divisional organizational structure. In this, each function has
been assigned a separate division which is either belongs to the products or the geographies.
The company has provided each division with the required resources and functions which is
needed for supporting the product line. In this, company has used geographic
departmentalization. It has been segmented into 4 regions, that is America, Asia pacific,
Eastern and Western Europe, Middle East and Africa. Then the separate functional units for
every region separately. It has divided the work among the departments and every employee
in the department is well aware of his or her roles and responsibilities (Flanigan, 2016). This
helps it in taking advantage of the division of work. It is mainly focussed towards the
individual divisions and its performance which helps in determining the performance and
efficiency level of each of these departments which will help it in taking effective steps for
further improving the same (Davis and Dolson, 2018). Thus, division wise based on the