Organisational Behaviour: Influence of Culture, Power, and Politics on Team and Individual Behavior

Unit 12 –
Organisational
Behaviour

TABLE OF CONTENT
INTRODUCTION.......................................................................................................................................2
PART 1.......................................................................................................................................................2
Analyze how the organization’s politics, power and culture influence the team and individual behavior
and performance......................................................................................................................................2
Evaluation of content and process motivational theoriesand how techniques of motivationenable
effective achievement of objectives.........................................................................................................4
PART 2.......................................................................................................................................................7
Demonstrate an understanding of what makes an effective team, as opposed to an ineffective team......7
Difference between effective and ineffective team:.................................................................................9
Concepts and philosophies of organisational behavior..........................................................................10
CONCLUSION.........................................................................................................................................12
REFERENCES..........................................................................................................................................13

INTRODUCTION
The organizational behavior is referred to as the study of individual and group activity
and performance in the company. It is basically the application and study of the knowledge
regarding how the groups and individuals must act when they work in the organization. This
study helps in providing the insight of how workforce perform and behave in workplace and also
helps in developing the understanding of different aspects which can increase the performance,
motivate the workforce, help the company to establish the trusting and strong relationship with
the workers. It is aimed to help the managers to understand the desires and needs of their
subordinate so that they take identify the factors that can affect their motivation (Li and et. al.,
2019). The organization chosen for this report is Burberry, a luxury British fashion house which
is headquartered in London. It was founded in the year 1856 and serves around 420 locations
across the globe. This report is split into two parts, the first deals in influence of culture, power
and politics in organization and motivational theories and second part shall deal with effective
and ineffective teams and philosophies and concepts of organizational behaviors in different
situations.
PART 1
Analyze how the organization’s politics, power and culture influence the team and individual
behavior and performance.
Organizational culture
It is the underlying assumption, belief, values and the ways of interacting which
contribute to the unique psychological and social environment of company. The Handy’s culture
model provides four different types of culture which are discussed below-
 Role- This type of culture consists of high degree of centralization and formalization like
large businesses or bureaucracies. There are rules and regulations and a defined hierarchy
that is enforced effectively.

 Task- There is high degree of the centralization but a less degree of formalization. It is
flexible and works on the basis of projects. It requires the employees to be
communicative and collaborative so that they can work on their initiative.
 Power- It lacks centralization but contains high degree of formalization. The leader in
this culture communicates clearly and expects quick responses. The main advantage of
this culture is that it is responsive and quick but it makes working difficult due to leader
which has strongopinion.
 Person- It lacks the formalization and centers on the working environment that is status
driven and self- directed. It is suitable for firms of professional services such a
accountancy, legal, etc.(Xu and Lv, 2018).
Burberry follows role culture which has both formalization and centralization where the
employees know exactly what they are expected and work accordingly.
Influence of organizational culture- In today’s era of globalization and digital technology, it
has shaped the culture of workplace as people are dependent on the technology to make their
work and also the globalization has brought diversified workforce which helps in enhancing the
overall efficiency of the workplace.
Organizational power and its influence
Power mainly reflects an authority which has been allotted by organization to the specific
employee. It is used by leaders and managers to influence others so that they perform effectively.
It involves many authorities such as appraisals and rewards as per the performance. Different
types of powers are illustrated below which can used by Burberry-
 Coercive-It is the power which is allotted to a person for management of daily operations
of workforce. Burberry assigns this power to its managers so that they enhance
effectiveness of each employee.
 Reward- It is assigned to those people who provide promotions, rewards, appraisals, etc.
Burberry assigns this power to board of directors and they further reassign it to enhance
performance of employees.