Influence of Culture, Politics, and Power on Individual and Team Behavior and Performance

Organisational
Behaviour

Table of Contents

INTRODUCTION
Organisation behaviour is the combination of both individual behaviour and the activity
within the organisation. It is the study of human behaviour and also determines its impact on the
employees performance, motivation, communication and job structure and leadership. It is also
concern with the values, expectations and the practices of the individual that reflect he actions
within the organisation.Atiku, S.O., 2019. When the employees are aware with the working
environment, It will help them to work effectively in order to achieve the goal. Mark&Spencer is
the chosen organisation for this report, It is the British multinational company in the United
Kingdom and specially dealing in home products, food products and selling clothing etc. It is
founded in 1884 by Michael Marks and Thomas Spencer in Leeds. The company is currently
operating 959 stores in the UK and also offers online food delivery service so that they can cover
the large marketplace. This report will cover how organisation's culture, politics and power
influence individual, team behaviour and performance furthermore, It also analyse how content
theory and process theories of motivation enable effective achievement of goals within the
organisation and evaluate what makes the effective team as opposed to an ineffective team. It
will apply the different concepts and philosophies of organisational behaviour within the
organisation.
TASK 1
P1. Analyse how an organisation's culture, politics and power influence individual and team
behaviour and performance.
Culture, politics and power is the important factor that that affects the organisation on a
larger scale as they reflect the human behaviour and their decision-making. These factors are
associated with the individual that inbound in their actions so It is important to have the right
culture and power by which an individual can move forward in the right direction.
Influence of power on individual and team:
Power is the important factor that reflect the individual behaviour and impact the lives in
physical, political or social terms. It is the ability of the influencing the individual in the
decision-making. It is analysed that a human being is know that what the are doing irrespective

of power but they do the same irrespective of false and wrong actions. There are various types of
power by which Mark&Spencer is delegating to their workforce which is explained as follows:
 Coercive power: In this type of power, An individual is given some authority so that
they can take the various decision and manage the daily activities so that they can
evaluate their performance effectively. Mark&Spencer is also delegating this power to
their manager so that the can manage the daily work and critically evaluate the each
aspect that is associated with the operations.
 Reward power: It is the power given to the manager in accordance to provide the
appraisal, promotion, rewards, training and development with the consideration of
enhancing the performance of the workforce. Mark&Spencer is also giving the reward
power to the manager so that they can effectively evaluate the high performance working
and reward them accordingly.
 Legitimate power: It is the power which is given to an individual who is having the
good experience and ability so that they can perform the various task in an approached
manner with the consideration of achieving the business goal. Mark&Spencer is also
delegating this power to their subordination so that they can make the best use of their
skills and knowledge while performing their job.
 Expert power: It is the power rendered to an individual who is having the in-depth
knowledge of the specific area so that they can complete the particular task in an more
approached manner. Mark&Spencer is also delegating this power so that expert person
can perform the job in the right direction.
 Referent power: This is the power which is delegated to the individual who can
influence other to complete their task in a approach manner so that organisational goal
can be effectively achieved. Mark&Spencer is giving this power to their leader so that
they can influence others with the consideration of achieving the predefined goal-setting.
 Informational power: It is the power which is given to an individual who can manage
the particular situation with the right approach. Mark&Spencer is also delegating their
authority the CEO so that hey can mange the particular situation and ensure smooth
running of the business.
Influence of politics on individual and team