Organization Behaviour and Motivational Theories

Organization Behaviour

Table of Contents
INTRODUCTION.................................................................................................................................3
LO1.......................................................................................................................................................3
Organization culture, politics and power influence the individual and team behaviour in company..3
LO2.......................................................................................................................................................6
Motivational theories and techniques................................................................................................6
LO3.......................................................................................................................................................9
Effective team as opposed to an ineffective team..............................................................................9
LO4.....................................................................................................................................................12
Concepts and philosophies of organisation behaviour to a given business situation........................12
CONCLUSION...................................................................................................................................13
REFERENCES....................................................................................................................................15

INTRODUCTION
Organization behaviour is the study of individuals in respect to the corporate
organisation. This report project the case study on John Lewis Company in respect to its
organization behaviour. Company was established in the year 1884 by the founder John
Lewis. Company is based in United Kingdom and operating its operations in retail sector.
Headquarter of the company is based in London, United Kingdom. Company operate its
business functions in more than 50 locations across the United Kingdom. This report will
project different aspect related to organization behaviour in the company. Henceforth, report
will emphasis on how the culture, politics and power in the company impact over the
operations of John Lewis Company. Report will also project how the content and process
theory of motivation influences the operations of company. Furthermore, report will also
discuss the key differentiation between an effective team and ineffective team. Precise team
development model will also discuss in this report. How the concepts related to organization
behaviour influence over the operations of company will also demonstrate in this report.
LO1
Organization culture, politics and power influence the individual and team behaviour in
company.
Organization behaviour is a key concept influences all different aspects of the
company. In order to assess the impacts of culture over individual and team behaviour in John
Lewis Company cultural model given by Handy is a precise approach to assess the impact
culture in organization creates.
Handy model of organization culture
Handy cultural model is a diversified model demonstrates different aspects of the
culture disorganization serves as a part of the business operations. This model demonstrate
different cultural aspects that involves power culture, role culture, task culture and person
culture as a part of the organization behaviour in John Lewis Company.
Power culture: Power culture is a key factor associated with the organization hierarchy offer
by John Lewis Company. This culture caters individual powers to all employees associated
with the organization on the basis of the designated positional role in company. This concept
has improved the impact of the concepts and philosophies of the organization behaviour in
John Lewis Company. Due to this concept employees becomes more empowered in company

(Burrell and Morgan, 2017). ON the basis of the needs and requirements associated with
individual roles of employee in company specific power is granted to all employees that can
support them in coping up with the requirements of the designated position. Individual power
i9n the concept is depends upon the positional role of employee in company. Higher
designated personals in company are entitled with more power as compare to lower
designated professionals holds only the basic powers based on the role in the company.
Role culture: Role culture is also an important part of the organization culture involve in
John Lewis Company. On the basis of the concepts given by Handy Cultural Model all
employees becomes part of the company get specific role or position in company. Role
culture drives management to serve specific designated positions to all employees becomes
part of the organization on the basis of knowledge and experience of all individual employees
in company (Hack-Polay, 2018). IT can be further demonstrate on the basis of the role
assigned to employees powers also allocate to all employees becomes part of the
organization. To implement this model management in John Lewis Company has also made
the organization hierarchy in company well diversified. With the support of this model
company also able to motivate all individual and teams in company towards performing more
efficient tasks in order to get promoted at higher designated roles in company. This cultural
approach has created a very positive impact over the mindset of all employees’ part of the
organization towards performing efficient and productive operations in company.
Task culture: Task culture is also an integral part of the organization behaviour in John
Lewis Company. As per this concept given by concepts and philosophies of organization
behaviour all employees related to any designated position in company assigned specific
tasks based on the positional role of such employee in company (Jain and D'lima, 2017).
These tasks assigned to employees based on this concepts drives them towards the specific
direction. It makes the role of employees more specific and clear. Employees in company get
clearer brief with the support of these cultural aspects about what they need to achieve as the
outcome against the designated position they hold in company.
Person culture: Person culture is another cultural value involve in organization culture in
John Lewis Company. This concept of organization behaviour drives company to develop the
employees in company. This cultural model makes the organization more employees oriented.
Management of John Lewis Company also run various training and development program to
improve the potential capabilities of employee’s part of the organization (Lee and Low,
2016). This culture model enables company to design employee oriented approaches and also