Organisational Theory and Practice at British American Tobacco

ORGANISATIONAL
THEORY AND PRACTICE

Table of Contents
INTRODUCTION...........................................................................................................................1
TASK A...........................................................................................................................................2
Management style and state the principle and functions of management used by the CEO of
British American Tobacco...........................................................................................................2
TASK B...........................................................................................................................................3
Organisational Structure and Organisational Culture at British American Tobacco..................3
TASK C...........................................................................................................................................4
Leadership style of the CEO of British American Tobacco to enhance the organisational
effectiveness................................................................................................................................4
TASK D...........................................................................................................................................5
Effects of power, influence and conflicts at the British American tobacco................................5
TASK E...........................................................................................................................................6
Type of motivation used at British American tobacco................................................................6
TASK F............................................................................................................................................7
Relevant corporate example........................................................................................................7
TASK G...........................................................................................................................................8
Recommendations to increase Organisational Performance.......................................................8
REREFENCES..............................................................................................................................10

INTRODUCTION
An organization is a social group which is made up of a group of people who work
together with each other towards a common goal so that desired objectives and pre-defied aim of
the organization can be achieved (Cooper and et. al., 2019). There are many different kinds of
organizational theories and practises that help in increasing productivity of the company,
problem solving, increasing effectivity and efficiency of the organization, fulfil needs and
requirements of all the stakeholders of the company. These organizational theories and practises
are inter linked with each other that helps in explaining ways in which behaviour or attitude of
people working within organization is impacted, ways in which people are motivated in order to
achieve their target, employees interact with each other. These theories and practises also help in
increasing effectivity and efficiency of management and leadership practises that are carried out
within the organization. Management and leadership play a vital role in success or failure of an
organization. In order to achieve desired target, goals and objectives of business it is important
for company to adopt most appropriate and suitable theory and practise so that their overall
revenue and profit can be increased, positive culture and organizational environment can be
maintained and all the employees can be motivated so that they can work upon increasing their
efficiency for achieving target objective. This report is based upon British American Tobacco Plc
organization. British American Tobacco Plc or BAT is a multinational organization that sells
cigarettes, tobacco and other nicotine products globally in more than 180 countries (British
American Tobacco, 2020). This organization was established in 1902 whose headquarter is in
London, England. On the basis of net sales, in 2019 they became one of the largest cigarette
makers in the world. They have approximately 55,000 employees working for them. This report
will further focus upon describing management style of Mr. Jack Marie Henry David Bowles
who is the CEO of British American Tobacco Plc. Other than this management functions and
principles, organizational culture of British American Tobacco Plc, effect of power, conflict and
influence on organization, leadership style of CEO of British American Tobacco Plc, and lastly
different types of motivation used by British American Tobacco will be focused upon.
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TASK A
Management style and state the principle and functions of management used by the CEO of
British American Tobacco
Management style is a kind of method which is used by a person for management of a
group of people or an organization. Management style is one of the main factors that helps in
success of an organization. Jack Marie Henry David Bowles has a unique management style that
helped the organization in achieving success. Management style adopted by Jack Marie Henry
David Bowles for success of British American Tobacco. Management style adopted by CEO of
British American Tobacco has helped them to enhance their business in a more appropriate
manner and has also helped in becoming largest tobacco organization in the world according to
the net worth. It has been observed that Jack Marie Henry David Bowles uses both collaborative
and transformational management style according to the situation for growth and development of
the organization. Collaborative is a management style which is made up of different kinds of
management techniques that not only helps the manager in management of all the functions and
processes of the organization but also helps them in increasing motivation and satisfaction level
of employees, enhance their efficiency, increase team work and also helps in development of
learning culture within the environment (Ollong, 2017). It is one of the main management styles
which is adopted by CEO of British American Tobacco organisation. Transformational
management style is another kind of approach is us used by CEO of British American Tobacco
company for motivating their employees. Using this style manager leads transformation in
process or functions for inspiring, motivating and encouraging their employees and for bringing
continuous innovation in order to achieve success. Out of bot the management style Jack Bowles
uses transformational management style for motivating their employees and for increasing their
effectiveness and efficiency.
There are many different kinds of principle and functions of management that are being
used by CEO of British American Tobacco, such as:
Planning: It is one of the main functions of management which is focused upon by managers for
creation of strategies and action plan in order to achieve desired goals and objectives of the
company. It helps the managers to manage and plan working of all the operations and functions
of the organization. It further helps the managers in getting an idea of ways in which all the
business functions are required to be managed.
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