Assignment on Organizational Behaviour
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Running Head: Organizational Behaviour Organizational Behavior
Organizational Behaviour 1Executive Summary A law firm was started by Owen Cheetham and Jack Wynne in 1976 in Downtown, Auckland.They were the partners of this firm and along with them; a number of lawyers were also workingin the organization. This law firm was known for commercial law cases, banking, insurance aswell as finance related cases. Organization was not having the big or attractive office and most ofthe functionalities of the office were used to be performed in the club or in the golf course whichwas the favourite place for both the partners after the office hours and especially on Friday. Aftera certain period of time, both partner’s children joined the law firm with the view to enhance theorganization’s growth through spreading the firm’s area of function. Mark Cheetham and CathyWynne joined the firm and they were also classmates at university same as their fathers were.Under this firm, Cathy Wynne was the first female lawyer and with the introduction of these twoyoung lawyers in the firm, organizational functional area gets diversified and now firm’soperational areas were internet, software and mobile companies along with the areas in which theold partners of the firm was operating. Within some time, number of employees increased to 30from 14. In this figure, another two young lawyers were hired as Anand Moodley and PaulineHerata and their special functional areas were environmental issues and Maori businesses andcommunity organizations respectively.
Organizational Behaviour 2Table of Contents1.0....................................................................................................................................................3a. Identify the reasons for employees resisting the change to an open-plan office approach......3b. Explain what the partners might have done better to have minimised the resistance..............42.......................................................................................................................................................5a. Analyse the barriers to communication (‘noise’) that appear to exist in the law firm.............5b. Discuss how they could be overcome......................................................................................63.......................................................................................................................................................7a. Discuss the sources of power the partners and others appear to have and the impact of thismay have on other employees......................................................................................................7b. What influence tactics have been used by some of the partners and employees and howeffective might they have been?...................................................................................................8References........................................................................................................................................9
Organizational Behaviour 31.0 a. Identify the reasons for employees resisting the change to an open-plan office approach.With the introduction of the new members in the organizational workplace, both the youngpartners of the firm decided to change the office and for the same, they somehow managed toconvince their fathers for changing the office. The location of the new office building wasopposite the harbour. The design of the new office was open-plan and for the same, they emailedthe employees of the firm with the following reasons for which the office was shifted:The new office is designed in the open-plan design which will enhance the opportunitiesfor the employees as well as teamwork activities will also be enhanced. Along with this,new office will be more flexible as compared to the old office premises’. This is due tolack of space available in the old office in relevance with the updated size of theorganization.The open-plan office situated opposite the harbour will result in the economical use ofspace. Apart from the economical use of the space available in the new office building,new office building also saves the future costs which were going to be incurred forconstructing the old office’s building in relevance with the increasing size of theorganization.Saving of furniture cost is another major factor of shifting in the new office building. In the new office building, appropriate rooms are available which could be used for theoffice meetings, conferences, etc. Apart from this, the employees will also feelcomfortable and connected because they will work side-by-side.The new office building is quite attractive in comparison with the old office’s premises asit consists of attractive interiors; the walls of the office were painted with pastel colours.Along with this, combination of modern paintings and glass top desks provides a uniqueimage to the office. New office building has adequate arrangement in relation with the employee’s relaxationas for this; bean bags, magazines, and books are kept. Kitchen space is also arranged forthe refreshment of employees. All these facilities have created the attractive, convenientworkplace for the employees.
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