Organisational Behaviour and Culture: A Case Study of Sainsbury

Organisational
behaviour

Executive summary:
Organisational behaviour is defined as the application through which organisation
identifies individuals behaviour at workplace. In this report the chosen organisation is Sainsbury
which is incorporated in 1869 and headquarter situated in London, England, UK. In this report
Handy's model to understand organisational culture. It summaries effectiveness of business
culture and communication in attaining determined goals and objectives. Culture plays important
role in motivating employees and enhancing their performance. Through implementing effective
working culture, organisation can achieve defined goals in most efficient manner.

Table of Contents
Executive summary: ........................................................................................................................2
INTRODUCTION ..........................................................................................................................4
TASK...............................................................................................................................................4
Identify organisational culture with theoretical model ..............................................................4
How culture enhance company effectiveness with focus on communication.............................5
Role of culture on employee motivation.....................................................................................7
How company can use culture of organisation for further enhancement....................................9
CONCLUSION..............................................................................................................................11
REFERENCES..............................................................................................................................12

INTRODUCTION
Organisation behaviour is defined as the procedure that contains academic study that
describes how people interact in group. It is applied in business to operate all functions in
efficient manner. There are various factors are included in organisational behaviour such as
improving job performance, encouraging leadership as well as promote innovation in business to
gain various competitive advantages. The concept of organisational behaviour is linked with
prediction, understand and control actions of human. It's main purpose is to analyse employee
behaviour and motivates them to perform properly (Ainsworth, 2020). In this report chosen
organisation is Sainsbury which is second largest supermarket chain in United Kingdom.
Organisation is established in 1869 by John James Sainsbury and headquarter situated in
London, England, UK. Organisation provides its products and services in the area of United
Kingdom 1428 stores. This report covers cultural model and how organisation improve its
effectiveness by concentrates on communication are covered. Furthermore, role of business
culture on employee motivation and use of culture in business success are mentioned in this
project report.
TASK
Identify organisational culture with theoretical model
Organisational culture is defined as the collection of various business practices, expectations and
values that guide as well as communicate actions to other team members in structural way. In
great organisational culture various positive traits are included that improves performance of
business and provides competitive advantages. Culture of business depends upon beliefs, shared
attitudes, norms and vision that guide employees to perform in defined manner to attain specific
goals and objectives. Positive and effective organisations culture enhance the rate of employee
engagement, their productivity and performance that contributes in attainment of business
objectives with efficiency (Balmer, 2017). Sainsbury maintains participative and supportive
business culture that motivates employees to achieve high work performance objective. Handy
cultural model is implemented by the Sainsbury organisation to maintain efficiency and
effectiveness of organisational culture that is mentioned below:
Handy's Cultural Model