Organizational Behaviour at Syngenta - Report
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TABLE OF CONTENTSINTRODUCTION................................................................................................................................3TASK 1.................................................................................................................................................31.1 Compare and contrast two other organisational structures and culture with Syngenta.........31.2 Relationship between structure and culture can impact on the performance of Syngenta....51.3 Factors influencing individual behaviour at Syngenta..........................................................5D1.................................................................................................................................................7TASK 2.................................................................................................................................................72.1 Effectiveness of different leadership styles in Syngenta and one of its competitors.............72.2 Organizational theory underpinning the practice of management at Syngenta.....................82.3 Different approaches to management used by Syngenta and its competitors........................9M1 and M3.................................................................................................................................10TASK 3...............................................................................................................................................103.1 Impact that different leadership styles may have on motivation in Syngenta during periodsof change....................................................................................................................................103.2 Comparison of the application of different motivational theories within Syngenta............113.3 Motivation theory for managers in Syngenta......................................................................13M2..............................................................................................................................................13D2...............................................................................................................................................13TASK 4...............................................................................................................................................144.1 Nature of groups and group behaviour within Syngenta.....................................................144.2 Factors that may promote or inhibit the development of effective teamwork at Syngenta.154.3 Impact of technology on team functioning within Syngenta...............................................16D3...............................................................................................................................................17CONCLUSION..................................................................................................................................18REFERENCES...................................................................................................................................192
INTRODUCTION Organizational behaviour includes the study of individual and group performance as wellas their interaction. This unit of management focuses on investigation regarding the way inwhich people behave at the workplace including both group and individual (Aquinas, 2006)However, it also concerned towards examining the way in which behaviour of individuals isinfluenced by culture. This study is focused towards a world-leading plant science businessnamed as Syngenta which employs more than 24,000 people around 90 countries. The mentionedentity is committed to promote sustainable agriculture through innovative as well as research anddevelopment practices. Farmers and government are the major customers of business with whichcompany works in both national and international markets. This report aims to compare the different organizational structures and culture existing atSyngenta. Furthermore, relationship between structure and culture is going to be studied alongwith explaining the factors which influence individual behaviour at Syngenta. The next sectionof report explains the effectiveness of different leadership styles in Syngenta in comparison withits competitors. Different leadership styles and their impact on motivation in Syngenta duringperiods of change will be studied. In addition, this unit is going to represent the application ofdifferent motivational theories and their application within Syngenta while explaining motivationtheory for managers at this firm. The report further explains the nature of groups and groupbehaviour within Syngenta as well as the factors that may promote or inhibit the development ofeffective teamwork. However, the impact technology on team functioning within cited firm willbe explained. TASK 11.1 Compare and contrast two other organisational structures and culture with SyngentaFlatHierarchicalMatrix structureThis kind organizationalstructure generally reduces thebetween management andstaff. FedEx uses such kind oforganizational culture whereinresponsibilities of all workforcesis defined in advance.All teams consist ofmembers from severaldepartments.Such kind of structure is usedEmployees tend to force theirTeam or group of3
in organizations likeMicrosoft.work related areas in order tobring perfection.employees possessesdifferent skills in order tocomplete all tasks related toproject.Workforce is motivated withtheir participation in decisionmaking process.Decision making authorityremains with upper levelmanagement and accordinglylower management work(Aquinas, 2006).All workforce plays activerole in taking decisionrelated to completion ofallotted task.It is the most suitable structurefor large, small as well as newcorporation.Such kind of culture is effectivefor large organization.This kind of structure isappropriate for largeorganizationslikeSyngenta.Changes can be implementedin less time as there remainless resistance (Writing, 2016).Personnel may resist changes insome circumstances.Project team handlechanges in appropriatemanner so-as-to havecollective success.Organizational culturePower CultureTask CultureRole CulturePower culture shows thatless number of workforceshave powers to takedecisions.Group of people who areexpert in different fieldsare selected to complete aparticular project.Workforce allots tasks inaccordance with theirspecialization.It is applicable in smallorganizations so-as-tomanage the work withoutany kind of interference.It is more preferable inwellestablishedorganization or new onesas well.Role culture is helpful inlarge organizations.Generally, less time isconsumed in takingdecision.Employees or group ofpeople take activeparticipation in takingdecision.Workforce is motivated byinviting people to expresstheir views in decisionmaking process.4
It is flexible and informalfor dedicated and trustedemployees of company.It lacks cohesiveness(Blomme and Lintelo,2012).Rigid structure andprocedures make it difficultto implement change. It is shows that Microsoft uses flat organizational structure where power culture proves tobe effective. It assists employees to work with integrity as there is less number of managementlevels. Furthermore, FedEx uses hierarchical structure and accordantly task culture is applied.This in turn makes the employees specialized in their respective field to perform their job in aneffectual manner. In addition to this, Matrix culture is used in Syngenta where employees fromdifferent fields work in a team. 1.2 Relationship between structure and culture can impact on the performance of SyngentaThe above mentioned scenario depicts that role culture is used in Syngenta because ofMatrix structure. Here, employees of different fields work in team so-as-to complete the taskrelated to project efficiently. It proves to be effective to improve organizational performance. Itis because; employees work in a team where they remain ready to accept change. It aids to copeup with the changing scenario and deliver good quality of services to large number of buyers.Furthermore, role culture shows that individual in team has specialization in particular field sothey get task accordingly. It reflects that corporation uses role culture for completing the projectin an appropriate manner. Apart from this, organizational structure is the only way throughwhich management identify the kind of culture which is effective to maintain good teamperformance of Syngenta. Therefore, structure and culture are related to each other which lead todetermine the organizational success in the marketplace (Saame, Reino and Vadi, 2011)1.3 Factors influencing individual behaviour at SyngentaThe employees working at Syngenta are committed towards higher performance tocontribute in the success of the organization. The management of company is also dedicated toempower staff in both national and international markets; therefore, Syngenta has adopted amatrix structure (Perkins and Muondo, 2013). The individual's behaviour is affected by variousfactors such as Personality, Perception, Attitude, Conflict, Stress and Change as well as abilityand aptitude. Conflict at the workplace: 5
The performance of individual is affected by the conflicts among the management andthe workers. There is possibility of arising conflicts between the employees that will defiantlyinfluence their working behaviour and the way to deals with other people. Management ofSyngenta always tries to reduce the chances of conflicts among the people as well as try to keepa healthy environment. However, variance between the members is a major factor that influencestheir behaviours towards other workers and management (Murphy, Athanasou and King, 2002). Stress and Change held in the workplace: Due to stress and workload, the behavioursof individual are influenced. Mental health condition of individual is significantly influenced bythe workload that might cause conflicts among people. Change is the process of makingcontinuous improvements in working systems and employee performances. Thus, it can be saidthat stress and change held in the workplace are the major factors that influences the behaviourof workers at Syngenta.Perception and Personality of individuals: They have their own perception regardingwork environment which influences their behaviour the most. The employees perceive the thingsin different manner that might be different from other's perception (Holloway, 2012). At theworkplace, the perception of individuals affects their behaviour as well as ways to do things andperceive other’s behaviours.Personality of individuals is a major factor that affects their behaviour at the workplace.The workers have their own personality such as optimism, pessimism which affects theirbehaviour and way to judge things at the workplace. According to their personality, theemployees put efforts at that workplace (Blomme and Lintelo, 2012). However, it changes theirbehaviour towards work and people. Management of Syngenta is committed to hire people withpositive personality. Abilities and Skills- The skills and attitude possessed by individuals working atSyngenta are the crucial factors that can easily influence their behaviors. High qualified workersperform well as compared to other workers. All the employees working at Syngenta are highlyqualified and have positive work attitude. D1 Conflict among people has become a major aspect at the workplace that influences theperformance of individual. Management of Syngenta always want to minimise the impact of6
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