Organizational Structures and Culture of Syngenta
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Organization and Behaviour
Table of ContentsINTRODUCTION ...............................................................................................................................3TASK 1.................................................................................................................................................31.1 Compare and contrast different organizational structures and culture......................................31.2 Impact of relationship between organization structure and culture on performance of Syngenta ..........................................................................................................................................41.3 Factors that influence individual behaviour at work.................................................................4TASK 2 ................................................................................................................................................52.1 Effectiveness of different leadership style ................................................................................52.2 Role of organizational theories in practice of management at Syngenta...................................62.3 Different approaches to management used by Syngenta and its competitors............................6TASK 3.................................................................................................................................................73.1 Impact of different leadership styles on motivation in Syngenta..............................................73.2 Compare between motivational theories and their application in Syngenta..............................83.3 Evaluate usefulness of motivation theory in Syngenta..............................................................8TASK 4.................................................................................................................................................94.1 Explain the nature of groups and group behaviour within Syngenta.........................................94.2 Factors that promote development of effective teamwork at Syngenta.....................................94.3 Evaluate the impact of technology in Syngenta.......................................................................10Conclusion..........................................................................................................................................10REFERENCES ..................................................................................................................................12
INTRODUCTION Organizational behaviour is a systematic study of performance of both individualand group of people and their actions within the company. It is a most significant elementof management science. Like financial strengths is helping in measuring the past successof an organization (Chand, 2015). Similarly, organization behaviour assist the firms topredict and understand human behaviour and their effects on the organizations. Ifemployer easily understood the employees personality, creativity, adaptability then it will besimple to motivate them (Terry, 2011). Organization behaviour study is essential for thepersonal growth and increase knowledge base of the staff members. The following study isrelating to organizational behaviour and to understand it role within the company,Syngenta Company has taken into the consideration. It is a international Swissagribusiness and produce agrochemicals and seeds. The objectives that will cover underthe following study are different approaches for management and leadership, methods ofusing motivational theories in companies, development of effective teamwork inorganization. TASK 11.1 Compare and contrast different organizational structures and cultureBlock and Quayle (B&Q) is a UK retail organization and it offers various homeimprovement tools, DIY, gardening supplies and plants. The organizational structure of acompany is product based (Bansal, Grenfell and Meyers, 2007). The followingorganization structure has consisted many but similar function structures. It means thateach product division has its own marketing team. Every department of B&Q hascompletely dedicated to a specific product line. Culture of company is role culture whereevery single employee has particular roles and responsibilities (Devaney, 2014). Tominimize the unnecessary duplication during allocation of work, the following type ofculture play an important role. On the other hand, Procter and Gamble (P&G) is an American Multinationalconsumer goods organization. The existing organizational structure of company isgeographically based. The reason of selecting framework by the firm is there are differentbranch offices established across the world. Every branch is having separate departmentswhich are responsible for that region (Furnham, 2005). In addition to this, P&G is followingpower culture because it has difficult to run a large organization at different nations by asingle person is impossible. It helps in taking the business decision very quickly by small
consultation. CompaniesOrganizational structure Culture Block and QuayleProduct basedRole culture Procter and GambleGeographically basedPower cultureFrom the case study, it has been found that Syngenta is a world-leading plantscience business and work form promoting sustainable agriculture business. As aninternational company, Syngenta can apply it within the company. It helps in taking theadvantages of high competition level and gain large market share as compare to itscompetitors. 1.2 Impact of relationship between organization structure and culture onperformance of Syngenta For an organization, an important success factor is management of employees in achain of commands. There is a strong relationship between organizational structure andculture which has directly impacted on performance of Syngenta. Matrix organizationstructure and task culture of company has affected the performance of business atnational and international level. With the help of existing artefact of organization hasformalized the position of employees within the enterprise and present culture haspromoted the growth of staff members. It has reduced the communication gap betweenupper and lower level of Syngenta (Bowler and Benton, 2005). On the other hand, theexisting organizational structure and culture has improved the performance level ofemployees and developed a collaboration between them. It has effectively helped in gooddecision making process with the company. Similarly, the relationship between Syngentaorganizational structure and culture on performance is it has improved task processes interms of developing good quality of products. It has promoted Total Quality Managementapproach to maintain the quality and reduce wastage (Bansal, Grenfell and Meyers, 2007).Beside this, Matrix organization structure and task culture of Syngenta has promotedpositive and helpful environment at the workplace between the staff-members. With thehelp of this, a good team work has developed that help in effective utilization of humanresources. 1.3 Factors that influence individual behaviour at workFrom the given case scenario, it has been identified that Syngenta currentlyemploys more than 24,000 people in more than 90 countries. There are different factorswhich influence individual behaviour at company that are as follows. Personality: It can be define as a examination of attributes and qualities on individual.Along with this, it shows the relationship between characteristics and the responses of
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