What Makes an Effective Team

Organizational Behaviour

Contents
INTRODUCTION...........................................................................................................................3
TASK 1............................................................................................................................................3
P1 Analyse how an organisation’s culture, politics and power influence individual and team
behaviour and performance....................................................................................................3
TASK 2............................................................................................................................................5
P2 Evaluate how content and process theories of motivation and motivational techniques
enable effective achievement of goals in an organisational context......................................5
TASK 3............................................................................................................................................7
P3 Explain what makes an effective team as opposed to an ineffective team.......................7
Effective Team.................................................................................................................................8
TASK 4............................................................................................................................................8
P4 Apply concepts and philosophies of organisational behaviour within an organisational
context and a given business situation....................................................................................8
CONCLUSION..............................................................................................................................10
REFERENCES..............................................................................................................................11

INTRODUCTION
Organisational behaviour is a term that is used to know about the behaviour of the people
in the work environment. It is the study of workforce who interacts with each other and shows
the ability of the employees to work within the organisation. The aim of this report is to develop
the level of understanding about the organisational culture and workforce motivation by using
different culture within the organisation as well as demonstration of understanding on how to
cooperate with others and lastly the application of concepts and philosophies will be discussed.
The company taken for the purpose of the study is Tesco which is one of the largest retail
supermarket chain in the world. It has it’s headquarter in UK. The company provides the largest
service area in the world and employee around 2000 employees.
TASK 1
P1 Analyse how an organisation’s culture, politics and power influence individual and team
behaviour and performance.
This is defined as the culture that an organisation has which describes the working
condition within it (ARCHER, and CAMERON, 2013). The culture of the organisation is
dependent on the employees and the managers who are supervising them. In the context of Tesco
a study has been considered which will discuss the power and politics culture that a manager
uses to influence the behaviour of the team as a whole. Handy has defined the culture in the
organisation in different ways which are discussed below:
Handy's Typology
It is divided into four types
Power Culture
In this type of culture the power is given to few individuals. This type of culture helps
Tesco to take quick decisions as the power is in the hands of single individual. Tesco can use this
culture to overcome its problems.
Role Culture
This type of culture defines the roles and the responsibilities of employees working in the
organisation. In the case of Tesco this can help them to assign the duty to the employees so that
they will do the task in better way.
Task Culture

This culture defines the task to the particular group. In this culture power of the group is
determined in completing the task. In the case of Tesco this will help them to complete the
specific job at the specific time.
Person Culture
This type of culture defines the individual behaviour. In this the individual find himself to
be superior to others. In case of Tesco this culture will help them to motivate the employees to
achieve the goals and objectives as defined.
Power of managers
This is the skill of the mangers to influence the thought of the employees. As in the case
of Tesco this will enable them to influence the motivational level among the employees so that
the pre-set objectives of the company can be achieved.
Legitimate power
It is the power of manager that has been arrives of the position that it holds. In the case of
Tesco the legitimate power is in the hands of few managers that enables them to control the
working of its employees.
Expert power
This is the power that has been derived from the skills and the expertise that the
individual in the organisation has (BY and BURNES, 2013). In the case of Tesco individuals
who have the skills and the knowledge can be made the leaders who can lead the team.
Referent Power
This is derived from the interpersonal relationships that an individual has. In the case of
Tesco the referent power of the individual influence the organisational culture in the positive
way.
Coercive Power
This is the power that has been derived by creating threat in the organisational
environment. This is generally used on the junior employees. In the case of Tesco this type
power will help them creating the culture that influence the organisational environment and
motivate the employees to work in good manner.
Reward Power