Influence of Culture, Politics, and Power on Individual and Team Behaviour in an Organization

Organisation
Behaviour

Table of Contents
INTRODUCTION...........................................................................................................................3
Task 1...............................................................................................................................................3
P1 Culture, politics and power has influenced individual and team behaviour in corporation . .3
M1 Critical evaluation of culture, politics and organisational power..........................................6
Task 2...............................................................................................................................................6
P2 Motivation theory by involving content and process theory..................................................6
M2 Critically evaluation of influencing behaviour through effective application .....................9
Task 3...............................................................................................................................................9
P3. Demonstrate an understanding of what makes an effective team, as opposed to an
ineffective team............................................................................................................................9
M3 Group development and team relevant theories that support the cooperation....................11
Task 4.............................................................................................................................................12
P5 Concepts and philosophies of organisation behaviour.........................................................12
M4 Evaluation and justification of concepts and philosophies that influences behaviour........14
CONCLUSION..............................................................................................................................15
REFERENCES..............................................................................................................................16

INTRODUCTION
Organisation behaviour is the wider term to understand it deals with human actions and
culture of corporations that helps to complete the task effectively. This is the application and
study of knowledge regarding human behaviour that relates to organisational structure,
technology and social system. It can been that if people are behaving good at workplace then
only they be able to face challenges and risk that leads to complete the task (Anagnostopoulos
and Papadimitriou, 2017). To understand about behaviour in relation to workplace Waitrose has
been selected that is super market operating business in UK by providing products and services
at retail cost. Management and leaders are effective in organisation who identify the problems
and provide them proper assistance to work properly. This assignment covers different topics
such as how individual and team behaviour influenced by culture, power and politics,
motivational theories including content and process theory. Moreover, report covers effective
and non effective team that helps to attain the goals and philosophies of corporation used to solve
the problems.
Task 1
P1 Culture, politics and power has influenced individual and team behaviour in corporation
Behaviour is related to human acts which they are showing in corporation against of
changes and challenges. The behaviour of company is the subset of practices, culture, values and
beliefs that attracts people and encourages them to work effectively. This is important for
management to behave effectively in organisation so, goal can be achieved by increasing
productivity (Balwant, 2018). In Waitrose company, management of organisation studying about
people behaviour who are working at working which influences culture, power and politics such
as:
Organisation culture
The culture of corporation involves experience, expectations, philosophy and values that
guides employees behaviour and get work done effectively. In other words, culture is way that
covers things, done around here (Kok and et. al., 2016). In Waitrose organisation, good
behaviour is managing by employees and superiors by delegating work among them, influences
individual and team behaviour and their performance, can be understand by using Handy's
cultural model such as:

Role culture – This culture mainly deals with organisational structure where roles and
responsibilities of employees are distributed as per their specification. Waitrose is having tall
organisational structure where number of employees are focusing on functional, specialised areas
and coordination that helps to work effectively. Such culture influences individual and team
behaviour such as individual feel job security by getting clear roles that helps to increase
productivity. Moreover, team member be able to understand changes and accept it properly.
Task culture – It is job project oriented, associated with corporation by adopting matrix
structure that helps to getting the job done effectively. This culture influences individual team
and individual performance such as individual employees of Waitrose company feel free by
taking their task and perform independently that process the production process. On the other
side, team work become coordinated and organised by competition of task (Bakotić, 2016).
Power culture – This culture states that power is held by just few people at workplace
that have authority and power to make decisions. In Waitrose, management has power to make
right decision where no others are allowed to interfere in matters. This influence individual
behaviour and performance for instance employees of Waitrose are mainly judged by what they
achieve rather than how they do things or act. Team performance also influenced as team
members follow all regulation, formulated by management and complete the work.
Person culture – This is also a effective culture in which individuals see themselves as
unique and superior of organisation. An culture in related to person is just a collection of people
who happens to be work for similar company. It influenced individual and team behaviour and
their performance in Waitrose company such as through person culture individual started to feel
superior themselves and create less interaction between people that reduces productivity.
Moreover, team faces many challenges under person culture that limits to completion of task
(Laforet, 2016).
Waitrose is using task culture where management assign the work in different task by
analysing abilities and specification of employees that helps to work accordingly. This is
effective culture for respective organisation because here in employees and team perform well,
increases organisational productivity and profitability. It affects individual and team performance
such as individual get job security at the completion of their task by performing well and team
work become highly productive and profitable (Mogopodi, 2016).
Organisational power