Organizational Behaviour: Impact of Culture, Power, and Policies on Performance

Organizational Behaviour

Table of Content.
INTRODUCTION...........................................................................................................................1
TASK 1 ...........................................................................................................................................1
P1 Impact of organization culture, power as well as policies on people & team performance...1
TASK 2 ...........................................................................................................................................4
P2 identify how content as well as process theories of motivation and motivational
approaches, access in effective attainment of goals in an organizational relation.......................4
Critically illustrate how to influence the attitude of other people with the effective application
of behavioural motivational theories, concept as well as models................................................6
P3 identify an understanding of what can establish an effective team, as opposition to as
ineffective team............................................................................................................................6
TASK 4............................................................................................................................................9
P 4 Concept & Philosophies of organizational behaviour...........................................................9
CONCLUSION..............................................................................................................................10
REFERENCES..............................................................................................................................11

INTRODUCTION
Organizational behaviour is a multidisciplinary study of employees’ interaction and the
organizational process that seek to create more efficiency as well as cohesive organization. The
organizational behaviour is assist employees to direct a business culture and it is also assist
supervisor or manger in better understand how that culture assist or hinder employee
productivity as well as retention. Organizational behaviour is helps the employees in improve job
performance, increase job satisfaction, encourage leadership and create a positive working
environment (Jantunen and et. al., 2020). These all are depending in the challenges as well as
desired outcomes. It is also developing to understandings for motivate employees to manage
company procedure as well as policies. This report is based Waitrose which is a British
supermarket organization. It is founded in 1904 as Waite, Rose & Taylor later shortened to
Waitrose. It is founded by Wallace Waite, Arthur Rose and David Taylor as a small grocery shop
in West London. This report is considering the impact of policies, culture as well as power in the
organization. This is also considering the various motivational philosophies which are related
with the organizational behaviours (Andersen, 2018).
TASK 1
P1 Impact of organization culture, power as well as policies on people & team performance
The organizational culture is factor that affect the working of organization and it is the
collection of values, expectation as well as practices that assist as well as inform the actions of
all workers. These factors are cause the negative as well as positive impact on the overall
productivity and performance of the establishment.
Influence of power on individual and team:
The power is gives the authority to change the behaviour of others and make them do
thing. This is forces the employees to complete the task and influence assist them to understand
why that task is essential. It is a develops negative leadership that can create the feeling amongst
team members that they have no choice but to di thing a certain manner (Chordiya, Sabharwal
and Battaglio, 2019). In relation to Waitrose, these are several theories which is being used and
these are explained below:
Coercive power: This is the ability of the supervisor and manager to force as employees
to follow an order by threatening the employees with punishment if the employees does not
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comply with the order. In relation to Waitrose, this power is given to the head member and
manager which are associated with the ensuring the effectiveness of the given task to each
worker.
Legitimate power: Legitimate power is coming from having the position of power on an
organization such as being the boss or a key member of a leadership. In context to Waitrose, this
type of power is familiar by the assistant in the respective organization. So, all the task is
completed in the well hierarchical organization (Jermsittiparsert and et. al., 2019).
Expert power: This power is referring to employee’s perception that a supervisor or
manager of an organization has a high level of knowledge and special set of skill. In respect to
Waitrose, this is also associated with the development and growth of the organization.
Referent power: Employees with referent power have positive interpersonal skill that
generate respect from others. This types of power are coming from the leader’s capacity to
influence as well as inspire his followers. In respect to Waitrose, manager of the organization has
this type of power that they are used to encouragement of employees to increase their
performance.
Informational power: this power is a short-term power that doesn’t essentially encourage
as well as build credibility. In context to Waitrose, this power is giving to the manager and
director of the organization which are assist in the shows the complete image of the organization.
Reward power: The reward power is supply the ability to reward other when they are work
effectively for increasing the performance. These rewards are encouraging the employees for
work hard to attain the rewards (Vardarlıer and Akıner, 2020).
Influence of politics on individual & team:
The organizational policies are referring to the personal agenda of an employee within
the organization. These are also associated with the unreasonable behaviour of the individual
which are affect performance of the organization. The employees are use organizational politics
as a tool to gain power, popularity or tarnish someone’s reputation. It is generally a negative
thing but this isn’t always true. There are several elements which are influence the politics of the
Waitrose. These are mentioned below:
 Miscommunication: Manipulation thrives in organizational politics and this means
miscommunication reign. The manager and supervisor are told edited versions of events
as well as employees are not keep in the loop.
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