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Motivating Employees and Promoting Team Work in an Organization

   

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ORGANIZATIONBEHAVIOUR
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TABLE OF CONTENTINTRODUCTION...........................................................................................................................3TASK 1............................................................................................................................................31.1Organization structures and culture.........................................................................................31.2Impact of relationship between organization culture and structure on performance of the business........................................................................................................................................41.3 Factors that affects individual behavior at the workplace and reason due to which manager must understand an individual behaviors.....................................................................................4TASK 2............................................................................................................................................52.2 Way in which various management theories underpin practice of management and Henry Fayol principles............................................................................................................................52.1 Comparison of leadership style of two leader........................................................................62.3 Different approaches to management used by different organizations..................................6TASK 3............................................................................................................................................63.1 Impact of different leadership styles on motivation of employees........................................63.2 Comparison of applications of motivational theories............................................................73.3 Usefulness of motivation theory for managers at Tesco........................................................7TASK 4............................................................................................................................................74.1 How groups are formed and nature of group.........................................................................74.2 Factors that promote and inhibit teamwork in an organization..............................................84.3 Impact of technology on team functioning............................................................................9CONCLUSION................................................................................................................................9REFERENCES..............................................................................................................................10
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INTRODUCTIONOrganization behavior is a field that helps managers in understanding human psychologyand way in which employees must be treated. In respect to this, Walmart is taken for study whichis the largest retailer in UK in terms of revenue and size. In this report, organizational structureand culture are included that play a key role in the organizational success. Along with this,various management theories are reviewed and their practical applications are studied as well.After that, various motivation theories are also reviewed and the best theory is selected that canbe practically applied in an organization. Along with this, positive impact of their practicalapplication is also discussed in detail. At the end of the report, impact of technology onteamwork is also discussed in detail. TASK 1Organization structures and cultureOrganizational structure refers to the system in which activities such as allocation of task andcoordination are directed towards the achievement of specific goals. This means that as per thestructure, supervision will be given by the superior to the subordinates. There are followingorganization structures:Functional based structure- In this, on the basis of several functions, finance andmarketing activities are arranged in a single department which are similar in nature. Thisis used when business is small in size. This is done to pay due attention on thefunctioning of each and every department.Product based structure- In this; all activities related to single product are organized in asingle structure. By doing this, a company focused on each and every product in a propermanner (Khoo, 2006).Geography based structure- Under this system, divisions are prepared like east division,west division, etc. All activities related to east will be organized on east division. Bydoing this, a firm will easily focus on all geographical areas in which it is operating itsbusiness.Organization culture
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It refers to organizational value system in which it is decided the way in which anemployee will perform his job is decided. There are many types of organizational cultures. Someof them are given as below:Power culture- This is seen in case of small organization where there are few people fordecision making. In this culture, employers do not take any advice from employees. Theytake their decisions at their own level. Hence, this culture has its own limitations.Role culture- In this culture, roles and responsibilities of an individual are determinedand they have to perform their duties as per their job descriptions (Furnham, 2005).Hence, in this culture, there is no duplication of activities.Task culture – In this culture, teams are formed and a specific task is performed by thatteam. Hence, efficient performance of that task depends on efforts of all team members.Impact of relationship between organization culture and structure on the performance of businessOn the basis of review of various literatures, it has been found that there is a greatrelationship between organization culture and structure and it affects the organizationalperformance. If organizational structure is good and culture is best for working, then in thatstructure, it positively affects the business. In Walmart, organizational structure is geographicbased because it is operating in so many cities and trends of sales are different in distinct areas.Hence, different strategies are required to boost the sales in different areas (Clegg, 2006). Forthis, focus on geographic areas is required. Hence, firm follows geographic organizationalstructure. Now, discussion is carried out on culture. At Walmart, role culture is followed andunder this, roles and responsibilities of each and every employee are determined. This helps inperforming control function. Hence, employees cannot make others responsible for their failure.This forces employees to give good performance. As a result, on geography based structure, anorganization is able to do performance appraisal of employees region wise and can communicatewith zone manager when specific domain employees are not performing well (Goulson, 2010).Conclusion is that culture followed in Wal-Mart matches with its organizational structure. Due tothis reason, mentioned organization is enjoying a leading position in the industry.1.3 Factors that affects individual behavior at the workplace and reason due to which manager must understand an individual behaviorsFollowing are the factors that shape individual behavior at work:
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