Organizational Behaviour: A Case Study of BBC

ORGANIZATIONAL BEHAVIOUR
BBC

Table of Contents
INTRODUCTION.............................................................................................................................2
PART 1........................................................................................................................................... 3
TASK 1- INFLUENCE OF CULTURE, POLITICS AND POWER ON THE BEHAVIOUR OF OTHERS IN
BBC............................................................................................................................................ 3
INFLUENCE OF POWER, CULTURE, AND POLITICS ON THE BEHAVIOUR WITHIN BBC.............6
TASK 2- HOW TO MOTIVATE INDIVIDUALS AND TEAMS TO ACHIEVE THE GOALS................10
ROLE OF THE IMPROVED LEVELS OF MOTIVATION IN THE ATTAINMENT OF GOALS OF THE
BBC.......................................................................................................................................... 15
PART 2......................................................................................................................................... 17
TASK 3- UNDERSTANDING HOW TO COOPERATE EFFECTIVELY WITH OTHERS.....................17
MAKING EFFECTIVE TEAM IN BBC...........................................................................................18
TASK 4- CONCEPTS AND PHILOSOPHIES OF ORGANISATIONAL BEHAVIOUR IN BBC................21
APPROPRIATE ORGANZIATIONAL CONCEPTS AND PHILOSOPHY..........................................21
MAIN BARRIERS TO EFFECTIVE PERFORMANCE IN BBC.........................................................23
CONCLUSION............................................................................................................................... 24
REFERENCES................................................................................................................................ 25
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LIST OF FIGURES
Figure 1: Charles Handy’s Theory.................................................................................................. 4
Figure 2: Cultural Dimensions........................................................................................................8
Figure 3: Types of Power............................................................................................................. 10
Figure 4: Motivational Theories...................................................................................................12
Figure 5- Maslow Hierarchy of Needs..........................................................................................13
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INTRODUCTION
Organizational Behaviour is the phenomenon which includes several aspects of the businesses
like the influence of the different aspects, team dynamics, organisational culture, development
practices within organisation etc. which affects the way management and employees behave.
Organizational behaviour can also be defined as the actions and reactions of an organization to
the several changes occur in their internal and external business environments.
Here, for understanding this more effectively, this particular assignment aims to describe the
influence of the politics, culture and the power within an organization and the behaviours of
the people. In addition to this, the unit will also help to understand different teams, team
dynamics and different aspects involved in the business. The example taken for this purpose is
BBC which is utilised to understand the organizational behaviour with the help of the different
theories and concepts.
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PART 1
TASK 1- INFLUENCE OF CULTURE, POLITICS AND POWER ON THE BEHAVIOUR
OF OTHERS IN BBC
INFLUENCE OF CULTURE
CLASSIFICATIONS OF CULTURE (POWER, ROLE, TASK AND PERSON)
The different behaviours, attitudes and the values of the individuals that are followed in the
organization are known as the organizational culture. This helps in the maintenance of the
healthy and unique culture in the companies like the BBC. The famous Charles Handy's theory
helps in analysing the different influences that the organizational culture has on the team and
the individual behaviour which is explained as below-
A strong impact on the modern thinking management has been made by the Charles four
theories. By the utilisation of the Charles Handy's theory an effective organizational culture,
development and leadership are maintained in the BBC (Harper, 2018).
Figure 1: Charles Handy’s Theory
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[Source:http://blog.readytomanage.com/organizational-culture-diagram/]
ROLE CULTURE
In such a culture the individuals of the organisation hold the special authorities' that depends
on the different roles that they play in the organization. BBC effectively implements the role of
culture in the organization in which based on the postilion of the employees in the organization
their overall growth rate is affected (do Carmo Silva and Gomes, 2015.).
TASK CULTURE
The organizations with specific aims and objectives or who are finding some specific solutions
to the problems that are occurring in the project implements the task culture. BBC needs to
form a proper team for a project before implementing the task culture effectively as the tasks
are done in a group not individually in a task culture to attain common aims and objectives
(Newbert and Craig, 2017).
PERSON CULTURE
There are different individuals working in the BBC organization that holds different skills and
characteristics and all together works to attain the common goals of the organization. In order
to maintain their value in the organization, the individuals work very hard to gain a superior
position in the BBC (Schroeder, 2018).
POWER CULTURE
Under such culture, some guides are present in the organizations that are used to control the
work of the other individuals and guide them this means that the power is in the hands of the
guides or the leaders by which they influence others. In such a strong culture decision making
becomes easy and BBC also adopts the power culture to maintain a healthy environment. The
positive power motivates the employees and can help in effective decision making whereas
negative power results in disrespect of employees in the BBC (Gordon, et al. 2016).
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