Organizational Behaviour: Effect of Culture, Politics, Power, Motivation on Individual and Team Behaviour - TESCO Case Study

ORGANIZATIONAL
BEHAVIOUR

Table of Contents
INTRODUCTION...........................................................................................................................3
MAIN BODY...................................................................................................................................3
P1- Evaluation of effect of organisation's culture, politics and power on behaviour and
performance of individual and team behaviour..........................................................................3
M1- Analysis on how the organizational culture, politics, and power of an organization effect
the individual and team behaviour and performance..................................................................6
P2 – Evaluation of content and process theories of motivational techniques which effect the
achievement of goals in an organization.....................................................................................6
M2- Evaluation on the influence of the motivational techniques on employees behaviours.....9
D1- Evaluation of the relationship between culture, politics, power and motivation that allows
teams and organizations to flourish...........................................................................................10
P3- What makes an effective team as opposed to an ineffective team.....................................10
M3-Study of relevant team development theories to support the development of cooperation
within effective teams...............................................................................................................13
P4- Apply concepts and philosophies of OB within an organizational context and given
business situation......................................................................................................................13
M4- Evaluate how concepts and philosophies of OB inform and influence behaviour within a
given business situation.............................................................................................................14
D2- Analyse and evaluate the relevance of team development theories, concepts and
philosophies that influence behaviour in the workplace to improve business performance and
productivity...............................................................................................................................14
CONCLUSION..............................................................................................................................15
REFERENCES..............................................................................................................................16

INTRODUCTION
Organization is said to be business entities which are associated with the buying and
selling of the goods and services for fulfilling the needs and wants of the customers.
Organizational behaviour can be said as the study of the changes in the human behaviours within
the organization (Abidin, Farid and Shabi, 2018). This report is on TESCO which is a
multinational company. The company is dealing in the groceries and the general merchandise, it
is founded in 1919 by Jack Cohen. This report gives the brief description about the affects of the
organization culture, politics and the power on human behaviours. Further it discusses about the
motivational theories which are used by the leaders to motivate their employees to get better
outcomes. The concepts and philosophies used within the organization are also discussed in this
report.
MAIN BODY
P1- Evaluation of effect of organisation's culture, politics and power on behaviour and
performance of individual and team behaviour.
Organizational Culture – Organizational culture can be defined as the set of beliefs and values
which helps in leading the actions of the employees and the team members. It is the collection of
the skills and the abilities which will help in making a business successful. Organizational
culture will assist in identifying the work environment of the business. The different cultures
which are used in the company are-
 Role culture – Every employee is assigned roles and responsibilities according to their
educational qualifications and interests, which will help them in accomplishing their
tasks.
 Task culture – In this type of organizational culture the teams are organized for
achieving the targets or to solve the critical problems. The employees with same set of
skills and interests are included in the same team.
 Person culture – The organizations where the employees are putting forward their
interests rather than the organization are following person culture. In this type of culture
the individuals are more obsessed about their own personal goals and objectives.

 Power culture – In power culture, some employees are holding the power and they are
responsible for making decisions. The individuals having power delegate the
responsibilities to other employees. The subordinates cannot express their views in front
of their superiors.
TESCO is following role culture, where each and every is given work according to their
educational qualification and the skills they pertain (Buchanan and Huczynski, 2019). TESCO is
engaged in employing their personnel from all over the world. They have diversified workforce,
the employees speak different languages and have different religions. The employees have
different qualifications, so they are delegated roles and responsibilities according to their skills
and interests. Delegating roles according to the interests is important as the employees will get
motivated and produce better work with efficiency.
Organizational politics – Organizational politics can be defined as the activities which are used
to influence other individuals to improve organizational interests. It can be both positive and
negative, positive politics helps the individuals to enhance their skills whereas the negative
politics will decrease the productivity of the employees.
 The Weeds – The weeds are the organizational politics where the informal networking
is happening within the organization. For managers it is important to deal with the weeds
because if they are left unchecked nothing else will be able to grow.
 The Rocks – In the rocks the organizational power lies in the hands of the individuals
who are holding any title or are allowed to take decisions. These subordinates can misuse
their power in order to satisfy their personal needs and wants. This can harm the profits
of the business organization.
 The high ground – The rules and structure of the organization are said to be the main
components of the political activities which happened within the company. If the
managers are rigid and will excessively make use of the rules and the regulations than the
company will become bureaucratic.
 The woods – It is seen that the organizations have some unnecessary norms and the
unspoken routines which are harmful for the society. This model provides safety to the
employees within the organization.
Organizational power – Power is said to be the abilities which are pertained by the individuals,
which help them in getting their work done by someone else. The individuals having higher roles