Organizational Behaviors: Influence of Culture, Politics, Power, and Motivation Theories at a Glance

Organizational
Behaviours

Table of Contents
INTRODUCTION......................................................................................................................3
MAIN BODY.............................................................................................................................3
TASK 1......................................................................................................................................3
Influence of Culture...............................................................................................................3
Influence of Politics...............................................................................................................6
Influence of Power French and Raven’s different types of Power........................................6
TASK 2......................................................................................................................................8
Motivation..............................................................................................................................8
Feature of motivation.............................................................................................................8
Motivational Theories at a glance..........................................................................................8
Content theories of Motivation............................................................................................10
TASK 3....................................................................................................................................11
TASK 4....................................................................................................................................15
Situational Leadership theory..............................................................................................15
Path-goal theory...................................................................................................................16
Social capital theory.............................................................................................................17
Contingency theory by Hersey (1988).................................................................................18
CONCLUSION........................................................................................................................19
REFERENCES.........................................................................................................................20
Books and Journals:.............................................................................................................20

INTRODUCTION
Organisational Behaviour is the study of human mankind which becomes necessary in
now these days in a business environment (Nuckcheddy, 2018). It is an academic study of
how people interact with other people. Organisations are applying this theory in order to
operate their business more effectively. This report aims to understand the organisational
behaviour in the context of Tesco Plc. This report will be discussed the culture, politics,
power, etc. of the organisation. It also discusses the importance of motivation and
motivational theories. In addition to this, the report will be covered team and related theories
that are necessary for the efficiency of the organisation. Last but not least it will also discuss
the situational leadership theory which helps to deal with uncontrollable situations.
Company Profile:
Tesco is a British multinational organisation that deals in groceries and other general
merchandise stores. It is the retailer and found to be the third-largest in the world according
to the measurement by gross revenue. Headquarter of Tesco is located in Welwyn Garden
City, United Kingdom. It will send avoid a range of products and services.
MAIN BODY
TASK 1
Influence of Culture
In today's business environment, it is identified that every day the complexity and
dynamic nature of the environment is increasing which becomes necessary for the company
to deal with them (Balwant, 2018). It is necessary that the company should analyse the
power, politics and culture as they provided and influence individual and team behaviour and
performance. It is necessary to critically analyse each element in the context of Tesco. It is a
British based organisation that deals in the retailing business.
Culture
It is identified that organisational cultures are made up of customs, values and beliefs
of employees. This is the main reason that it provided and influence the performances of
employees. If an organisation has a good culture then they are able to make an effective bond
between employees and the organisation. Culture please an important role in the success in
growth of any organisation and that's why it is necessary to understand that which type of

culture is apply the organisation (Jacobs and Manzi, 2020). For that purpose, Handy's culture
model is found to be significant as it includes four types of culture which generally used by
the organisation. It can be better understood with the help of the below points:
 The first is power culture which is used by those organisation that gives power to a
few peoples and do not allow to interfere any other employee in the decision-making
process. They have only one boss from which they get directions.
 The second is role culture which is found to depend on rules and regulations in an
organisation. It is identified that the organisation is always focusing on clearly defined
rules and responsibilities of employees so that it will not create any conflicts and
repetition of work.
 Task culture is the third type in which organisations have a main focus on building
teams and assigning a particular task so that they can use their specialities in order to
achieve the common goal and objective.
 Person culture is found to be the last type in which an organisation provide
importance to the employees. It is found to be really very helpful for the organisation
as they can easily get encouraged and motivated towards achievement of goals and
objectives.
These are the important cultural type that can be analysed with the help of Handy's
cultural model (Mullins and McLean, 2019). It is necessary that organization has cultural
awareness as it helps them to reduce the complexities as well as conflicts between employees.
It is identified that Tesco is facing challenges due to the different cultures of each person.
Tesco is the largest organisation in the UK and it employed many employees. Due to this,
they have a diverse nature in the organisation. This is the main reason that organisations
should understand the importance of cultural awareness. This can be possible with the help of
applying Hofstede's six dimensions cultural model. It is the model that is used by the
organisation for the purpose of analysing the culture of an organisation.

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 The power distance index refers to the degree of inequality that is accepted and exists
between people (Miao and et.al., 2020). It is identified that the high power distance
index shows that society is able to accept the unequal distribution of power and vice
versa. In this type of culture, it is identified that team members are always not taking
any initiative as they like to be directed and guided to complete a task.
 Individualism versus collectivism refers to the strength which is able to tie people
with others in the community. High individualism versus collectivism indicates that
family has a weak interpersonal connection and that's why they are not able to take
responsibility for other actions. It is identified that a collectivist society is always
ready to take responsibility for another person.
 Masculinity versus feminity is referred to the culture wear the distribution of roles
between men and women is based on their gender. In masculine societies, it is
identified that organisations are giving importance to the achievement of tasks
without any worry about employees and any other resources (Sheedy, Garcia and
Jepsen, 2021). On the other hand, in feminine societies, it is identified that it provides
important to have a good relationship with people and supervisors.
 Uncertainty avoidance index is found to be becoming very important as it describes
how people are able to cope with anxiety. In the high score society, it is identified that
people are focusing on making life as controllable and predictable as possible. On the
other hand, low uncertainty avoidance index countries, are found to be very relaxed
and inclusive in nature.
 Long versus short term orientation is described as the time origin of people. Those
countries which have long term orientation are focusing on being more thrifty, modest

and pragmatic (Huang, 2021). On the other hand, short term oriented countries have
people who emphasise consistency, truth and principles.
 Last but not least intelligence versus restrained which is the 6 dimension of Hofstede
that discovered very fewer data. A high score allows gratification of people on
emotions and drives such as having fun and enjoying life. On the other hand, a low
score is more facing on the regulation of people's behaviour and conduct.
Influence of Politics
It is identified that politics is also providing an impact on individual and team
behaviour. If the organisation have high politics then it automatically reduces the output of
the organisation as employees get negatively impacted by it (Smadi, 2022). In the case of low
politics, people are feeling enthusiastic and they are able to provide the best productivity.
Workplace politics can be divided into two parts that are negative workplace politics and
positive workplace politics.
 Positive politics are found to be a behaviour that is designed for the purpose of
influencing others with the goal of helping people and organisations that are playing
politics.
 Negative workplace politics is referred to the politic which is designed for the
purpose of personal gain at the expense of the organisation and other.
Influence of Power French and Raven’s different types of Power
In Tesco, it is found that their employees' behaviour is getting impacted by the power.
That means in the organisation a person who has high authority power then it acts
accordingly. This can be better understood with the help of Power French and Raven's
different types of power. It includes 5 types of power which a mentioned below: