Case Study: Organizational Behaviour in XYZ Company

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Executive summary
This paper is a case study about the company XYZ, which is a Malaysia based
company which offers a training and leadership development services. The company
has been a successful company when it was managed by the founder of the company
Tim Redkin. However due to severe illness he had to leave and appoint his daughter
Fiona to manage the organization. Fiona lacked competency ad leadership qualities
which made her make unethical changes in the structure of the business which led to
employee staff turnover. Thus this paper will help in identifying the issues of the
organization and provide possible recommendation that will help Fiona in overcoming
the challenges by incorporating methods like appraisal system, encourage and enhance
fairness and equality.

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Table of Contents
Introduction........................................................................................................................3
Discussion..........................................................................................................................3
Brief overview of the case study....................................................................................3
Motivational elements in the organization......................................................................4
Motivational elements in XYZ during the tenure of Tim Redkin.................................4
Motivational elements in XYZ during the tenure of Fiona..........................................5
Analysis of the behaviour of the training consultants....................................................5
Behaviour of the consultants using organizational justice.........................................5
Behavior of consultants using Equity Theory of Motivation.......................................6
Leadership of Fiona.......................................................................................................6
Recommendation to overcome the existing issues in XYZ...........................................7
Conclusion.........................................................................................................................7

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Introduction
Organizational behaviour is considered to be the study of the behaviour of
human beings or people within a company or an organization (Osland, Devine and
Turner 2015, p. 1). The main aim of the organizational behaviour is to resuscitate the
organizational theory and also develop a more fruitful conceptualization of the life in the
organizations (Lee et al 2019, p. 111). This paper is a case study that will focus and
understand the issues in the current business environment of XYZ company under the
leadership of Fiona and will provide suitable recommendations that will help the
company in improving their business environment and also help Fiona in improving her
leadership skills to maintain a positive and healthy work environment.
Discussion
Brief overview of the case study
XYZ Training Consultants is a Malaysia based small-medium sized company or
organization that offered leadership and training development services. The founder of
the company was Tim Redkin. Tim had started this company after he gained experience
as a training consultant. The company was a huge success and operated successfully
because of the efficiency of Tim in terms of managing an organization. Tim adopted an
open management style in the organization were Tim encouraged all the staff members
of the company to build a positive relationship with him were the staff members had full
freedom to come into his office ad discuss the issues that they had in mind. He believed
in equality thus employees had common dining areas and canteens. Tim conducted
meetings on Friday morning to discuss the progress in terms of training and also about
the clients to get a clear idea of the current business scenario and provide a guideline
and assign them with work for the week so that they could have a proper work life
balance and also finish the work with quality. Tim made all the decisions and managed
the organization by himself. He was always considerate about his employees thus
arranged yoga classes for his employees for their fitness and overall wellbeing. Tim was