Organizational Behavior - Assignment

Organizational behavior

Contents
INTRODUCTION.................................................................................................................................3
TASK 1.................................................................................................................................................3
P1 Analyses the influence of culture, politics and power in order to understand the behavior of the
organization.......................................................................................................................................3
M1 Critical analyse of the culture politics and power that influences the individual behavior in
order to strengthen the performance of the team................................................................................4
TASK 2.................................................................................................................................................4
P2 Content and process theories of motivation to achieve the organizational objective....................4
M2 Critical evaluation of applying content and process theories of motivation................................5
D1 Critical evalution of the relationship between culture, politics and power to motivate the
workforce..........................................................................................................................................5
TASK 3.................................................................................................................................................5
P3 Things that makes an effective team as opposed to ineffective team............................................5
M3 Analyzing team and group development theories which supports dynamic corporation.............7
TASK 4.................................................................................................................................................7
P4 Application of concepts and philosophies to Organization behavior............................................7
Motivation in organizations...........................................................................................................8
M4 Positive and negative impacts of OB which influence the individual behavior...........................8
D2 Critical analysis of relevant team development theories..............................................................8
CONCLUSION.....................................................................................................................................8
REFERENCES....................................................................................................................................10

INTRODUCTION
Organizational behavior (OB) is termed as the comprehensive study of understanding
the behavior of the human and the environment of the company in order to engage the
employees in efficient and effective productivity. This study will be completely based on the
organizational culture and performance of the Siemen Company. This report will help in
understanding about the influence of culture, politics and power of the employees in the firm.
It will also help in making clear understanding about the motivated individuals in order to
form an effective team for achieving a main goal of the Siemen industry. This research will
also help in identifying the application of motivational theories to satisfy the workforce so
that stated objective can be achieved. The study will also provide the impacts of the
motivational concepts in an organization to satisfy the human resource of the company.
TASK 1
P1 Analyses the influence of culture, politics and power in order to understand the behavior
of the organization
Organization deals with various different types of units and every department of the company
has its goals and objectives to achieve. Such objectives integrated together in ored3r to achieve the
main goal of the company. Siemens AG is the global electrical and electronics business which mainly
deals with the variety of products such as BBC services, MRI scanners, lighting, financial services,
R&D etc. This company carries very good workforce and team which perform tremendously to
produce the desired productivity of the company. In order to achieve effective productivity this
enterprise mainly focuses on building the satisfied environment of the company in order to motivate
the employees for their remarkable work (Wilson, 2017). This could only be possible by analyzing
the culture, politics and power of the employees within the working environment of the Siemen.
Various are the key influences that affect the behavior of individuals; teams and organization as a
whole are described below:
Culture
This is the most influential factor that affects the decision of the managers and leaders within the
company. In order to improve the culture of the organization handy’s model have described the
various different types of culture that affects the business environment:
Power: This culture can be used by the higher management authority employees within company who
generally uses the power to take most important decisions of the enterprise. If the person has a power
to take decisions in regarding the wellbeing or favor of the workforce then it helps them to motivate
and improves their morale. Improved morale of the workers leads to the higher productivity which
helps in achieving the main goal.
Role: This culture is based on the rules of the employees which are generally controlled by the roles
and responsibilities of the higher management in the business. This helps in building the effective
structure of the organization that plays the major role in motivating the workforce of the Siemen.
Task: The Task culture is totally dedicated to the assignment of activities which needed to be
accomplished by the effective efforts of team members within Siemen. When all the team members

are dedicated for a specific task or activity in order to achieve effective and efficient objective for the
team, it means that the company follows the task culture (Wilson, 2018). It can be considered as the
best way to achieve the common goal by the individual efforts of the team members.
Person: In Siemen Ag industry company follows this culture to improve the skills and knowledge of
the particular person in order to achieve the main goal of the company. This culture helps in creating
the superior individuals who contributes the company for achieving the main objectives. Motivated
individual influence the positive energy in the business environment and increases the productivity.
Politics and power
Politics can be termed as the employees who have the superior designations or posts influence the
behavior of favoritism and unfair decisions which may decreases the morale of the individual.
Influence of power can be considered as the use of unfair treatment of the employees using the power
of their higher authority or designation which may influence the minds of the people negatively or
positively. Managers of Siemens AG uses its power in a very positive that creates very healthy
environment in the business and thus helps in understanding the behavior of the organization. Power
can be termed as the use of the position in wrong or intentional way in order to demotivate one’s
dignity. This can be considered as the negative influence of the power in the working environment of
the business.
M1 Critical analyse of the culture politics and power that influences the individual behavior
in order to strengthen the performance of the team
Culture of the organization is mainly decides the working environment of the Siemens
industry. If the company follows Flat structure of the organization then it would be possible that it
may influence the working environment of the Siemen positively that motivates the entire workforce
and helps them to maximize the productivity which results in the generating huge profitability. On the
other hand if the Siemens company uses complexes organizational structure then it may demotivate
the workforce of the company and it may influence the employees negatively and in this situation
employees may resist in working for the company.
Politics and power is mainly hold by the persons who mainly belongs to the higher
management authority. If the person holds higher authority then he or she may have the power to take
the decision regarding the employees in the company. It may negatively influence when the managers
uses such powers in wrong manner and use so this may hurt the dignity of the individual and it leads
to the demotivated workforce. It may positively influence in Siemen when managers uses these
powers in fair and appropriate way that supports their employees in every situation then it makes them
feel motivated and satisfied so it helps to retain in The company for longer run.
TASK 2
P2 Content and process theories of motivation to achieve the organizational objective
A theory of Motivation helps the business in motivating the workforce of the
company in order to produce the desired output. This helps in achieving the main objectives
of the Siemen. There are two types of motivational concepts which applied in the business for
improving the morale and satisfaction of the employees (Zayas-Ortiz and et.al., 2015).
Following the motivational theories which are described below: