Organisational Behaviour & Individual
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It helps the company to achieve its goal (Burrell and Morgan, 2017) Handy's Model for Organisational Culture defines Four type of Organisational Culture: - • Power Culture- In Power culture, power is held by few individuals only and they influence the whole organisation. In A M (Holdings) Limited, power culture helps the company to make quick decisions and it is easy for the company to respond quickly on any event because decision making is centred in the company and all the employees do
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ORGANISATIONAL BEHAVIOUR
TABLE OF CONTENTSINTRODUCTION...........................................................................................................................1TASK 1............................................................................................................................................1P1 Influence of power, culture & politics of an organisation and its impact on team behaviour& individual.................................................................................................................................1TASK 2............................................................................................................................................4P2 Content & Process theory of Motivation................................................................................4TASK 3............................................................................................................................................7P3 Effective team in reference to ineffective team......................................................................7TASK 4..........................................................................................................................................10P4 Philosophies & Concepts of organisational behavioural......................................................10CONCLUSION..............................................................................................................................12REFERENCES..............................................................................................................................13
INTRODUCTIONOrganisational behaviour presents set of tools that permit human beings to understand,examine, and depict behaviour in the structure of organisation. This report includes anunderstanding on the concept of organisational behaviour in context of A M HOLDINGS whichis SME of UK that deals in packaging and containers. Further, the study will describe theorganisational culture, power and politics of A M HOLDINGS. Also, the report will comment onmotivational theories adopted by company for encouraging personnel to accomplish their task(Burnes, Hughes and By, 2018)This report also frames about the concepts undertaken by A M HOLDINGS on the basis ofnature of people and nature of organisation which will be explain through path-goal-theory, onthe flip side it also covers the philosophies of organisational behaviour adopted by companynamely; autocratic, collegial, and supportive. At the end, the assignment will be outlining teamdevelopment at AM HOLDINGS through Tuckman model that is based on 4 stages: forming,storming, norming and performing.TASK 1P1 Influence of power, culture & politics of an organisation and its impact on team behaviour &individual.INFLUENCE OF CULTUREOrganisational Culture defines values, beliefs, experience and assumptions thatcontribute to the social & psychological environment of business. Organisational behaviour alsoinfluences individuals & group behaviour and how individuals interact with each other in thecompany. An organisation's culture is not rigid, Members of company interact with each othershare knowledge, beliefs & ideas and make changes in organisations culture if that not leadingthe company towards success. It helps the company to achieve its goal (Burrell and Morgan,2017)Handy's Model for Organisational Culture defines Four type of Organisational Culture: -Power Culture- In Power culture, power is held by few individuals only and theyinfluence the whole organisation. Rules & decision made by these people is to befollowed by all the subordinates. In A M (Holdings) Limited, power culture helps thecompany to make quick decisions and it is easy for the company to respond quickly on1
any event because decision making is centred in the company and all the employees donot have an option to express their views or ideas so, they have to follow what theirsubordinate says. Role Culture- In Role culture, specific roles and responsibilities are assigned to each &every level in the hierarchy, employees working at a level has to follow roles assigned tothat level and that roles continues even after employee leaves. In A M (Holdings)Limited, this culture offers security & opportunities to the employees, For Example- Ifperformance of the employees is according to the required standard than they will berewarded on the basis of pay scale. But, with this culture sometimes, employees getfrustrated because these rules contain detailed structure of the company and are notaccording to their interest. Task Culture- In Task culture, teams are formed with the objective of solving criticalproblems and to achieve the target. In A M (Holdings) Limited, teams of 4-5 membershaving similar interest & specialisation are formed and they work together with anobjective of achieving the task in the best manner.Person Culture- In Person culture, employees give more importance to themselves thanthe organisation. This culture is followed in a company where employees are highlyeducated and work with their own knowledge. Companies success is in the hands of itsmembers. A M (Holdings) Limited, not follow this culture because it cannot depend onits employees and the company has its own rules & regulation. Organisation culture influence individual & team behaviour. Power culture influence teambehaviour & individuals by facilitating quick decision making and giving quick response to theirproblems and task which enhances performance of the individuals and team. On the other hand,individuals & team members get frustrate because this power's and decisions are not according tothem and performance of the employee is recognised on the basis of achievement not on thebasis of their performance (Goh Ritchie and Wang, 2017)Hofstede cultural dimension theoryIn accordance with this rheory culture in organisation is influenced on the basis offollowing factors:2
Power distance: It reflects unequal distribution of powers at workplace where differentlevels of employees feels that theirs powers are distributed unequally and it arises asituation of conflicts among members of the company.Individualiam v/s Collectivism: This reflects working environment where employeesdevelops selfishness towards their work which results in mismanagement and lack ofcoordination among their members. Masculinity v/s Feminity: In this culture is based on tough and tender where women areknown as tender and males as tough which leads to disparity and impacts workingenvironment.Uncertainity avoidance Index: It expresses the dimensions where the members of thecompany and their culture feels uncomfertable with the uncertainity and ambiguity.Issues here arrises are that the future is unknown and it becomes difficult for them tocope up with certainities that will come in the future. Long term orientation v/s short term orientation: In this culture of the employees areaffected on the basis of time duration allotted to employees which can be long termorientation and short term orientation.INFLUENCE OF POWER Power in an organisation is using social relationship among the managers, leaders &subordinate to complete the task. Management & Leadership are the factors that creates power inan organisation. A M (Holdings) Limited use following power to enhance individual’sperformance and boost their morale.Reward Power- Manager of company has a power to reward its employees such as anincrease in pay, attractive job assignment, compensation, bonus, gifts and perks toindividuals and teams for their work which enhances their performance. A M (Holdings)Limited also gives reward to its employees for their performance.Legitimate Power- This power comes from job & designation of the personnel. ForExample- Sundar Pichai has enjoyed legitimate power as the CEO of google This personcan set deadlines & the individuals & team has to follow this power whether they like itor not.3
Coercive Power- Authority with this power can punish the individuals & team for thenon-compliance of the work. It forces individuals & team to meet the deadlines.Power influence individuals & teams of A M (Holdings) Limited is based on Reward powerwhich helps to complete work on time and it also increases work efficiency of individual &team. Individuals improve their performance every time when they are rewarded viacompensation, incentives, bonus, etc. Reward power also creates positive influence on theindividual & team behaviour. Legitimate power also influences teams. For example- Managersof A M (Holdings) Limited sets deadlines for a team than that influence the team to complete thetask with in that time limit.INFLUENCE OF POLITICSPolitics in an organisation refers to activities associated with use of man power toenhance individuals & teams’ interest. Workplace politics in a firm is based on communicationbetween different authorities with its powers .In A M (Holdings) Limited politics is used by thecompany to get work done on the time. It also promotes negativity on the work environment andconflicts may arise in the company due to politics. Politics in a company is based on 4 factors.In A M (Holdings) Limited politics is based on Organisational & Personal Factors. Negativeimpact of organisational behaviour is that they are mainly focusing on individual interest andagendas without thinking about their effects on firms’ efforts to achieve its goals whereaspositive impact is that its lets us aware about the destructive aspects of organisational politics inorder to minimise further negative effect in firm. Personal Factors- Politics spoil relationship among individuals because, employees donot like persons who plays politics in the business. Due to some personal issues & for fairpay employees do strike which affect environment of the company.Organisational Factors- Irrational behaviour of individuals in an organisation promotenegativity in the organisation.Politics in A M (Holdings) Limited reduces overall productivity because it lowers output of anindividual, individuals & team pays less attention on the work due to politics. It creates stressamong the individuals & team.4
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