Organisation's culture, power and politics of UNILEVER

ORGANIZATION
BEHAVIOUR

Table of Contents
INTRODUCTION...........................................................................................................................1
TASK 1............................................................................................................................................1
(a) Organisation's culture, power and politics of UNILEVER that draws knowledge from
other study theory...................................................................................................................1
(b) Analysis of an organisation's culture, power and politics influence individual, team
behaviour and performance of the organisation.....................................................................1
TASK 2............................................................................................................................................3
M1 Critical evaluation of the culture, political and power of an organization.......................3
TASK 3............................................................................................................................................3
P2 Content and process theories of motivation and motivational techniques........................3
TASK 4............................................................................................................................................6
M1 Critically evaluation of the motivation theories to improve the staff motivation and
productivity:...........................................................................................................................6
TASK 5............................................................................................................................................6
D1: Evaluation of relationship between culture, politics, power and motivation that enables
teams and organisation to succeed providing justified recommendations.............................6
Task 6...............................................................................................................................................7
P3 Effective team and ineffective team of Unilever. ............................................................7
Task 7...............................................................................................................................................8
M3 Theory to improve team building and team work in organisation...................................8
TASK 8..........................................................................................................................................10
P4 Concepts and philosophies of organisational behaviour.................................................10
TASK 9..........................................................................................................................................12
M4 Evaluate the concepts and philosophies of OB in both negative and positive...............12
TASK 10........................................................................................................................................12
D2 Critically evaluation of team development by concepts and philosophies.....................12
CONCLUSION..............................................................................................................................12
REFERENCES..............................................................................................................................14

INTRODUCTION
Organization behaviour is the study of knowledge about how people act within an
organization. It is a human tool for human benefit. It applies broadly to the behaviour of people
in all types of organization (Wilson, 2018). Present study is based on the “Unilever” is a British
company and headquarter in London United Kingdom which is founded on September 2,
1929.Its product include food and beverages 40% of its cleaning agents and beauty personal care
products. Study lays emphasis on the influences of culture, politics and power on the behaviour
of the organization. Report focuses on content and process theories of motivation which enables
effective achievement of goals in an organisation. It also explains what makes an effective team
as opposed to ineffective team.
TASK 1
(a) Organisation's culture, power and politics of UNILEVER that draws knowledge from other
study theory.
Organizational politics refers to a variety of activities associated with the use of influence
tactics to improve personal or organizational interests.
Organisational power means there are some people in the firm who have ultimate power,
to influence the behaviour of others. If managers are engaged in making using there power in a
negative way then this can hamper the working of individual and team in company.
Organisational culture consists of values and behaviour that contributes to the unique
social and psychological environment of a business.
(b) Analysis of an organisation's culture, power and politics influence individual, team behaviour
and performance of the organisation.
Organisation culture, politics and power can severely impact the individual behaviour and
team performance in the company.
Impact of Culture:
In order to determine the impact of culture in Unilever, Handy's model can be used. It has
divided culture in four classes. The growth of the company is related to its culture, its activities
and policies which have been achieved by its leaders. Organisation culture is strong to influence
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individual, team behaviour and performance of the organisation in positive or negative
way(Abbasi, 2015).
Power culture: In this type of culture, power is held in the hands of only few individuals.
All the rules and regulations are created by those persons who are in power. In such a culture the
subordinates have no option but to strictly follow their superior’s instructions. The employees do
not have the liberty to express their views or share their ideas on an open forum and have to
follow what their superior says. If power is been used by the authorities in negative way then it
can hamper the growth of individual and can negatively impact team performance.
Role culture: In this type of culture, every team member is delegated with the roles and
responsibilities. Power is been derived from the persons position. This culture can impact the
team behaviour and performance as decision making in this culture is slow and organisation do
not involve in taking high risk.
Task Culture: In this type of culture, firm is involved in forming team in order to adress
specific problem. Effectiveness of this culture depends largerly on the team dynamics.
Person culture: In this culture, employee's see themselves in a position which is superior
to the company. They feel themselves as the most important part of firm. It impacts the team
behaviour as in this culture, employee's only come to make money, they have no clear objective.
Impact of Power and Politics ; Power and politics in an organisation has a huge impact on the
individual behaviour and team performance. If power in an organisation lies in the hand of few
individuals they may misuse it. Individuals and groups in Unilever may engage in making use of
power and politics to solve there conflicts. When senior managers uses there power in negative
way it can result in following consequences:
 It reduces the effectiveness of team
 Rises conflicts among the employee's
 Increases employee's turnover
Organisational negative politics also impact team behaviour and performance. Politics
refers to irrational behaviour of the individuals at the workplace to obtain advantages which are
beyond their control. Politics lowers the output of an individual and eventually affects the
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