Organizational Behaviour: Influence of Culture, Power, and Motivation

Organizational
Behaviour

Table of Contents
Table of Contents.............................................................................................................................2
INTRODUCTION...........................................................................................................................3
Task 1...............................................................................................................................................3
P1 Organisation culture, politics and power influence individual and team behaviour..............3
M1 Critically analyse the power, culture and politics in context of organisation.......................6
Task 2...............................................................................................................................................6
P2 Content and process theory of motivation and motivational technique enable effective
achievement.................................................................................................................................6
M2) Critique on the manner in which behaviour is affected by motivational theories...............8
D1 Critique of relation between culture, politics, power and motivation which enable team and
organisational success providing justified recommendations......................................................8
Task 3...............................................................................................................................................9
P3) Effective v/s Ineffective team...............................................................................................9
M3) Analysis of relevant team and group development theories to aid development of
dynamic cooperation..................................................................................................................11
Task 4.............................................................................................................................................11
P4) Application of concepts and philosophies of organisational behaviour..............................11
M4) Concepts of OB influence behaviour in affirmative and contrary way.............................13
D2 Critique of relevancy of team development theories in relation to OB concepts which
impact on workplace behaviour.................................................................................................13
CONCLUSION..............................................................................................................................13
REFERENCE................................................................................................................................15
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INTRODUCTION
Organisational behaviour refers as study and investigation of human behaviour, culture,
power and attitudes that they shows in the organisation while working. All activities are
managed by managed by management who analysis the needs of employees and customers then
give them products and services that motivates them and increase profitability (Schell, 2019). A
organisation firm consist many department and each department perform its activities
independently so goals can be attained in certain period of time. This report is bases on
WAITROSE Limited that is British supermarket chain based company which is maintaining
good culture and behaviour between employees. This firm is selling frozen foods, groceries and
other items that attracts customers. This involves a long discussion about topics such as how
culture, politics and power has influences individual and team behaviour, team development,
motivation theories and how concepts and philosophies has apply in organisation.
Task 1
P1 Organisation culture, politics and power influence individual and team behaviour
In organisation, study and deep knowledge about human behaviour and organisational
setting are important that helps to maintain the good relationship and performance of
organisation effectively. People who are working in organisation needs to adopt the attractive
and relatively behaviour so they can share information and technology in order to attain the
business goals. In WAITROSE Limited it is required to maintain good culture, power and
behaviour so they can accept the changes and improve the business performance.
Organisation culture: The culture of organisation consist experience, philosophy, expectation and
behaviour that influences employees who are working in organisation for the purpose of
performing their task and attaining the business goals. Number of employees and people are
working where it is important to have good culture and employees behaviour so they can manage
the activities and behaviour. In WAITROSE Limited, management are using Handy culture
theory for the purpose of defining different culture and their impacts are as defined:
Role culture – In this, roles and responsibilities of employees are delegated by
management by analysing their qualification, skills, behaviour and talent that helps to attain the
business goals. In WAITROSE Limited, the behaviour of individual has influenced as they
become responsible for something which they have done. Team behaviour remain good and
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attractive that helps to perform roles and responsibilities in order to attain the business goals
(About Handy’s culture theory, 2020).
Task culture – This is special culture which is followed by many organisations while
running a business that helps to solve the specific task and achieve targets. In c hosen
organisation, this culture has impacted positively as individual with common interest and
specialisation works effectively by getting together task and perform it. And team are formed
task culture to solve specific problem for attaining the targets by contributing equally by each
members.
Person culture – In some organisation, employees are getting respects, self-motivation
and authorised to make decision in their work so they started to feel they are more important than
organisation. In, this, employees are concerning them more concerned for own so they work
accordingly. In WAITROSE Limited, adopting this culture may affect individual behaviour as
they come office for sake of money and do not attach business activities. On the other side, team
work do not complete due to lack of employees involvement that decreases the organisational
performance.
Power culture – In business environment, there are many companies where power
remains in few hands only and they are responsible to make the decisions. Such type of culture
make feel special privilege to managers who are authorised to run the activities. In WAITROSE
Limited, this culture can influence individual behaviour as they do not have options and needs to
follow the rules and instructions of their superior’s strictly. The team work in power culture may
be bound to complete and strict as they also do not have liberty to share their ideas.
From the above WAITROSE Limited is following the Role culture that has affected the
individual and team behaviour as completion of roles and responsibilities which have assigned
by management and attaining the business goals in certain period of time.
Organisation power – Power of a person and team shows as ability and capacity to
make the things complete according to one’s perspective. The management of organisation is
having different power which they uses to delegate the task and roles between employees and
complete the targets. WAITROSE Limited is using appropriate power out of these power that are
as defined:
Legitimate – This power comes from position which is given by owner to a management
for using their abilities and getting the work done from employees. In other words, authority to
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