Organizational Behavior Assessment

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Organizational Behavior Assignment
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Organizational behavior has become one of the most important sectors of study. As
the cultural and territorial boundaries are diminishing with time, leaders of different
organizations are coming up with new concepts, methods and frame works that will allow the
organization to work in any cultural scenario (Durand & Paolella, 2013). In this light, the
emergence of Hybrid organizations is an important phenomenon. These are organizations that
focus both on the profit and non-profit aspect of business. Thus, their working is different as
well. To meet their aim and objective it is necessary that they incorporate cultural aspects into
their organization from the very beginning. Related to that is Trompenaar’s cultural
Dimension theory that gives light on the different cultural aspects. In this paper, the aim is to
assess the characteristics of Hybrid Organizations and the theory of Cultural Dimension and
evaluate how the cultural dimension theory can be applicable to Hybrid Organizations.
Theorists and researchers have long since emphasized for the integration of
organizational behavior theories to practicality. Since the inception of organizational study
many theories have been introduced, while in most cases these theories have remained
conceptual (Daft, 2015). It is thus necessary to bridge the gap between the theories and
establish connections among those theories so that they can be applied for the enhancement
of organizations. The two theories that have been selected for the purpose are: Hybrid
Organizational Theory and Trompenaar’s Seven Dimension Cultural Model and Orientation
Theory. These two theories have the potential to become aligned with each other to create
synergy in an organization.
The idea of Hybrid organization lies between two extreme concepts of Pro-profit and
Non-profit organization. Hybrid Organizations are those organizations that have
characteristics of both the organizations. In the past 20 years, a rapid growth of organizations
that are integrating both traditional and economic factors have been seen. A hybrid
organization is based on three key elements- autonomy, reward and ownership. The core idea

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of any hybrid organization is to facilitate social or environmental impacts that are positive in
nature. In most cases, it is seen that the growth of hybrid organizations are due to the fact that
securing grants and donations are becoming more and more difficult due to governmental
policies and lack of funding from government’s side (Battilana & Lee, 2014). This led to the
birth of organizations that have goals that are related to impact positive changes to society or
environment, like, childcare, poverty reduction, education, sustainable development and
many more, while their operations are concentrated on acquiring money for the said projects.
The key features of these organizations, namely, Autonomy, Rewards and Ownership, control
how these organizations work. It has been seen that, the better the decentralization of power
in organizations, which implies greater autonomy, better the organization performs. Higher
autonomy means the employees have more freedom to work as per their own method and
innovate new methods that will have better chances to achieve results. In organizations that
have high autonomy, the employees have a voice in the decision making process. These two
factors lead to higher job satisfaction and innovation (Maleki & Jong, 2014). The reason
behind this is the importance of perceived control within the employees. It motivates the
employees as they feel that they have certain control on the operations of the organization.
Moreover, it also denotes that the organization has superior understanding and management
of the employees’ knowledge and skills. Autonomy also gives the employees an opportunity
to create a network within the organization so that they are able to gather the necessary
knowledge, tools and information in order to complete the job at hand. It is also beneficial to
the employees as it hones their knowledge and skills. Rewards are another factor that are
characteristic of a hybrid organization. Due to the high requirement of innovation in a hybrid
business organization, reward system needs to be introduced to motivate the employees.
Rewards give the employees a drive to work harder and ensure success in their endeavor.
Theorists also argue against this factor. Some believe that incentives may lead to high