Organizational Behaviour: Impact of Politics, Culture, and Power on Performance

ORGANIZATION
BEHAVIOUR

Table of Contents
INTRODUCTION...........................................................................................................................3
MAIN BODY...................................................................................................................................3
LO1..................................................................................................................................................3
P1 Effect of politics, culture and power in performance............................................................3
LO2..................................................................................................................................................5
P2 Motivational theories.............................................................................................................5
LO3..................................................................................................................................................7
P3 Team development theories...................................................................................................7
LO4..................................................................................................................................................8
P4 Philosophies within organizational behaviour.......................................................................8
CONCLUSION .............................................................................................................................10
REFERENCES..............................................................................................................................11

INTRODUCTION
Organizational behaviour is examining how employees respond and react within
organization. Primark is a fashion retail organization established in 1969 by Arthur Ryan and
headquartered in Dublin, Ireland. The main purpose of this report is to understand organizational
culture of Primark and its impact on the performance of employees.
This report provides and overview of effect of politics, culture and power in performance,
motivational theories, team development theories and philosophies within organizational
behaviour.
MAIN BODY
LO1
P1 Effect of politics, culture and power in performance
Organizational culture
Organizational culture is basically the beliefs as well as values and ways for interacting
within business environment.
Handy's culture theory
This is one of the well-known theory which mainly describes organizational culture in an
imperative way.
Power culture
Within this culture, the power is mainly held by few individuals within organization and
organization is run by some rules and regulations. For example- Primark generally have some
rules and procedures and the employees are mainly judged by actually what they attain (Duan
and et.al.,2017).
Role culture
Within this culture, the employees are mainly controlled by making aware of their rules
and responsibilities. In short, employees are given responsibilities according to their
specialization. For example- Primark have specific department like IT, marketing and each
employee is designated projects according to their field and expertise (Larentis, Antonello and
Slongo, 2018).

Task culture
In this culture, teams are being build up for addressing the specific tasks. For example-
Primark follows the task culture where the management basically forms teams for solving the
critical problems like increasing sale of specific product etc.
Person culture
Organizations where individuals mainly sees themselves as superiors and unique and
consider themselves as asset of organization follows the person culture. For example- In
Primark, the employees are mainly concerned about themselves instead of organization
(Killingsworth, Miller and Alavosius, 2016).
Power
Power within organizations is capability of getting things done by the others at any
expense.
French and raven
Legitimate power
This is the power which mainly comes along with the specific position in the hierarchy.
In short, this power is held by some management within organization. For example- Top
management of Primark like CEO, manager have this power.
Referent power
This is the power which comes when an individual is mainly respected and trusted by
other employees. The leaders in this are considered as the role model. For example- the leaders
in various department in Primark have this power (Barsade, Coutifaris and Pillemer, 2018).
Coercive power
This power is mainly based upon forcing someone to perform something. Many leaders
in Primark generally pressurizes their employees for doing the particular task in order to reach
the target.
Reward power
This power is ability of the individuals to reward and appreciate employees for their great
work. Leaders and managers in Primark often provide appreciation and recognition to their
employees for their work (Latham, 2016).