Organizational Behavior: Culture, Politics, Power, Motivation, Teams, and Philosophies

Organisational
Behaviour

Table of Contents
INTRODUCTION...........................................................................................................................1
PART A...........................................................................................................................................1
TASK 1............................................................................................................................................1
P1: Organizational culture, politics and power............................................................................1
TASK 2............................................................................................................................................3
P2: Theories of motivation...........................................................................................................3
PART B............................................................................................................................................6
TASK 3............................................................................................................................................6
P3: Types of teams.......................................................................................................................6
P4: Concepts and Philosophies of Organizational Behaviour.....................................................7
CONCLUSION...............................................................................................................................9
REFERENCES................................................................................................................................1

INTRODUCTION
Organizational Behaviour is a study through which individual and group performances
within an organization can be assessed in a highly effective manner (Agarwal, 2016).
Management of a company makes the use of it so that they are able to influence the behaviour of
individuals and teams so that they work to ensure that the organization achieves sustainable
success. Through it, the managers can ensure that they use right approaches so that they are able
to ensure that positive environment can be created within the company which will help a lot in
the achievement of goals and objectives. For this report, Apple has been chosen for Part 1 and
IBM is chosen for Part 2. In this report, focus will be made on analysis of culture, politics and
power, evaluation of motivation. Additionally, specific analysis on demonstration of
understanding of cooperation and Application of various concepts and philosophies will be made
as a part of this project.
PART A
TASK 1
P1: Organizational culture, politics and power
Organizational culture-
Organizational culture refers to an analysis of the various factors which affect the
working of different members within the organization. Corporate culture refers to various beliefs
and behaviours in which the interaction is done between the organization and can handle outside
transactions (Corporate Culture, 2020).
For the understanding of an organization's culture Handy's model can be applied.
According to this model, there are various types of cultures within an organization. These can be
explained as follows-
Power culture- In it, the power is concentrated at the centre and the managers take
decisions in their own way without consulting anyone within the organization. In the context of
Apple, it can be used if the managers want to take strong decisions for the benefit of the
company.
Role culture- According to it, there are various roles which can be given to different
people within an organization (Barry and Wilkinson, 2016). For Apple, it becomes quite
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important that in it specific roles can be given to the managers of the company so that they are
able to allow development of decision-making power among the subordinates.
Task culture- Here, various teams are formed in an organization and they are given
specific tasks to complete (Coccia, 2018). In this way the firm is able to ensure that the overall
efficiency, effectiveness and productivity level rises. In Apple, it can be adopted so that the
managers are able to develop the specific abilities of different team members in an effective
manner.
Person culture- In it, it is believed that a company exists just for the sake of the
individuals working in it and therefore it is required that their expectations are fulfilled so that
they can be satisfied. In Apple, it is important that people are able to work to meet their own
objectives as well as the organizational objectives when this type of culture is adopted.
Impact on individual and team behaviour and performance- In Apple, the managers
must adopt role culture in which various roles are created for the team members in which they
can ensure their specialization.
Organizational politics-
Organizational politics refers to the various types of activities which can be undertaken
within an organization (Egeberg and Stigen, 2018). It can either have a positive or a negative
impact on the individuals. Like other organizations, Apple’s also has organizational politics. The
various examples of it are explained as follows-
Positive example of organizational politics- In Apple’s, there is a positive criticism by
the managers on the work done by the subordinates. This ensures that they are able to improve
their overall performance and help the organization in the achievement of goals and objectives.
Negative example of organizational politics- In Apple’s, the managers find out faults of
subordinates even on their small mistakes. This affects their level of motivation and thus impacts
their performance.
Impact on individual and team behaviour and performance- If positive
organizational politics takes place in Apple’s then it will influence the people to be more
productive in the achievement of goals and objectives.
Organizational power-
Organizational power refers to the influence which the manager has in influencing the
various activities which are undertaken within a company (King and Lawley, 2016).
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