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Organizational Behaviour

Table of ContentsINTRODUCTION...........................................................................................................................4TASK 1............................................................................................................................................4Organizational Culture...........................................................................................................4TASK 2............................................................................................................................................6a) Content and Process theories of motivation.......................................................................6b) Improved level of motivation.............................................................................................8TASK 3............................................................................................................................................8a) Different types of teams and their importance...................................................................8b) Effective team in the BBC...............................................................................................10TASK 4..........................................................................................................................................11a) Team performance and productivity could be improved within the BBC.......................11b) Main barriers to effective performance............................................................................13CONCLUSION..............................................................................................................................13References......................................................................................................................................15

INTRODUCTIONOrganizational behaviour is the study of way people interacting within groups in anorganization. It shows the intensity, potential and ability to work of an individual in anorganization(Mester and et. al., 2018). Management of workers can be done with the help of thisscientific approach. This report is based on the behaviour of an individual and team in BritishBroadcasting Corporation. BBC is a British public service broadcaster which broadcasts newsand articles on its channel. It has its headquarter in Westminster, London. In this report, a studyof culture, politics and power of managers is discussed which has influenced the working ofBBC workers. Apart from that different motivational theories to motivate individuals and teamsare also discussed. In the end content and process theories of motivation and cooperation amongemployees along with philosophy of organizational behaviour is also discussed. TASK 1Organizational CultureOrganizational culture is the combination of beliefs, values, perception of the employeesin the work place. A study of behaviour of staff in the context of BBC is discussed with culture,power and politics of organization. To discuss the cultural issues related with BBC here Handy'stypology is taken into consideration.Handy's TypologyIt has four types of cultures from which BBC should follow:Power Culture:This is a type of culture in which power is divided among a few individuals. In thisculture bureaucratic form of structure is followed. It influence the working of employees as whatis expected from them from the power holders. This culture helps in taking quick decisionsbecause power is in the hands of a few individual. BBC can overcome it's issues by using thisculture (Pennington, 2014).Role culture:In this culture roles and responsibilities of each and every individual is divided inorganization. It affects performance of employees to a required standard set by the company. Inthe context of BBC, role of each individual is divided according to their educational

qualifications and specializations so as to complete is a given task. This culture shows a merit ofallotting responsibilities of employees accordingly.Task Culture:In this culture task is divided among individuals and group of teams. It helps employeesin gaining rewards for results and merge the objective of groups and individuals. In the contextof BBC, teams can be formed to address a specific task. This helps in creating goodunderstanding among employees.Person Culture:This culture focuses on a particular individual rather than on business. In this culture,individual pretend to work for the organization. Using this culture the employee recognise goalof itself rather than of company. In the context of BBC, this culture allows a person to think itselfsuperior to the organization. Therefore this culture affects the working of an employee.From the above cultures explained, Task culture is the one which should be followed byBBC to overcome the issues related with its employees performance (Forsyth, 2018). Thisculture helps in allotting the task according to the ability and capability of a person. Therefore,this culture will help BBC in improving the culture of its organization.Power of managersPower is the impact of authority, influence and certain skills over others. Power ofmanagers affect the working of an employee or team in an organization by forcing them to dowhat their senior wants. There are five sources from where French and Raven have derived thesepower.Legitimate Power:This power is hold by a person who is having position in the organization. It can bepower of managers or leader over the followers by which they influence them to do their work.In the context of BBC, this power affects the working of its employees, as they feel pressure forworking under person having such power.Expert power:This power is derived from knowledge of an individual which has expertise of a specificfield. This expertise can help BBC by giving preference to the experts over others and thus itinfluence the working and performance of other employees within firm. (Thibaut, 2017).Referent power:

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