Organisational Behaviour: Analysis of Culture, Power, Politics and Motivation Theories in Tesco plc

This report analyses the impact of organisational culture, power, politics and motivation theories on individual and team behaviour and performance in Tesco plc. It evaluates content and process theories of motivation and motivational techniques that enable goal achievement. The report covers the evaluation of power, politics and culture of the business, and explains the things that make a team effective and ineffective. It also applies philosophies of organisational behaviour within the context of the organisation and business situation.

Organisational
Behaviour

Table of Contents
INTRODUCTION...........................................................................................................................3
TASK...............................................................................................................................................3
P1. Analysation of organisation culture, politics and power influence individual as well as
team behaviour and performance...........................................................................................3
P2. Evaluation of ways in which content and process theories of motivation and motivational
techniques which enable achievement of goals in context of organisation............................7
P3. Explanation of things which make an team effective and ineffective..............................9
P4. Application of philosophies of organisational behaviour within context of organisation
and business situation...........................................................................................................10
CONCLUSION..............................................................................................................................11
REFERENCES..............................................................................................................................12

INTRODUCTION
Organizational behaviour refers to the research of the attitude and behaviour of the
humans where individual basically communicate and interact in a team and they also implement
to several different kind of attitude and behaviour in individual in accordance to function more
efficiently. Organization behaviour assess the organization in order to evaluate as well as
understand how a person communicate and interact with other people and it also permits the
leaders or managers of the business in order to influence the attitude and behaviour of the
workers in order to make them function with more discipline and dedication PJ the following
report is based on the organization Tesco plc that is international organization that deals in
grocery segment (Abdullah, 2022). The organization is situated in the United Kingdom market
area and it was launched in the year 1919 and it was founded by Jack Cohen. In addition to get
the following report will cover about evaluation of power, politics as well as culture of the
business that influence the behaviour of a person as well as members of the Team. In addition to
this it will also cover about examination of several theories of motivation that permits a business
in order to accomplish there long terms objectives as well as goals.
TASK
P1. Analysation of organisation culture, politics and power influence individual as well as team
behaviour and performance
Organizational behaviour considered as the study of the behaviour and attitude of the
individual in the business and the ways in which human interact with other people in the
business. In addition to this the main objective as well as goal of the commercial business Is to
implement several framework of the business and also adept effectual strategy and technique for
the long term betterment and sustainability of the business. In relation to the respective
organization Tesco plc management is focused on offering suitable environment of working to
their workers in which the staff can be more appreciated as well as satisfied and they also
function with more productivity and level of performance in order to accomplish the long term
objectives as well as goals of the Tesco (Ahmad, and et.al., 2022). Concept of power, culture as
well as politics in relation to the Tesco plc is described below in brief:
Power

Power means to the capability of an individual in order to influence the behaviour of the
people in the business organization. In addition to this power can be evaluated with the level in
which an individual can impact a stakeholder for functioning something they are not focusing or
preferring to conduct (Ankrah, and Manu, 2022). It also offers several advantages to the leaders
or managers of the respective organization Tesco plc that permits them to delegate several work
to the staff and also let them to finish those work on the given period of time. In addition to this
this type of our provide assistance to the leaders or managers in order to guide the actions of the
workers for achieving the long term sustainability in success of the business. There are several
kinds of the power that can be opted by the managers of the respective organization for several
reasons and those power describe in brief:
Reward Power: Reward power is the capability of a person in order to offer appreciation
and reward at it involves giving resources values of the business to their members of the
organization these rewards can either be non-financial or financial that provides support to the
business in order to offer suitable motivation to the members of the business that are functioning
the task in an effective and efficient way.
Coercive Power: This type of the power is known to be such power that is attained from
the capability and competency of north individual in accordance to impact the behaviour of other
members in the business with punishment, sanctions as well as threat. If a person in the business
is not capable to complete or finish its work on a given period of time then leaders and managers
of the business can take suitable disciplinary action against them and in this type of circumstance
this power is offering capability to managers in order to fire or punish the employee in
accordance to them. In addition to this this type of power provide assistance in helping individual
in order to monitor the behaviour and controlling its behaviour of the worker that assist them to
making sure that all the people in the businesses abiding every norms as well as policies that are
imposed by the management (Arun, and Kahraman Gedik, 2022).
Legitimate Power: This type of the power basically comes with the higher position of an
individual and it involves delegation of the obligation that comes with authority and higher
position in the business. This involves several obligation that guide the people in order to make
them work and it also permits them to divide the rewards as well as sanctions which is permitted
by the business.

Referent Power: Referent power is known to be the power where the other member of
the business have the optimistic impression regarding the person. This basically consists the
impression of the other people at the about an individual that are related to the attributes and
characteristic which is possessed by that specific person.
Informational Power: This kind of the power is known to be the power that is derived
from the logic and also a suitable reason (Fischer, and Riedl, 2022). This basically involves
offering appropriate data information that is not possessed by other individual in the business as
well as it is useful and powerful.
Expert Power: This kind of power basically comes from the experience of a person as
well as knowledge of the individual and it involves specific skills and knowledge that are
possessed by the individual in the business.
There are several kinds of the power that can be utilised by the leaders of managers of the
respective organization Tesco plc in accordance to maintain and eliminate several problems that
encountered by the management and they also able to maintain there productivity and
performance of their workers more efficient as well as effective.
Culture:
Organizational culture means to the combination of several activities, expectations as
well as values that direct and inform the activity of the members of the team. There are several
kind of the culture of the business that can be executed by the respective organization Tesco plc
and those culture are described below in brief:
Power culture: Power culture refers to the culture where the authority and power is
basically more centralised and it is possessed with few of the individuals in the business and only
those people r basically permitted and authorised to take several decisions data regarding to the
operations and growth of the firm. In addition to this these type of the people are focused in
delegating their obligations as well as duties to others other members in the business
organization (Huang, and et.al., 2022).
Task culture: Task culture refers to the culture where the groups are made for the goal of
accomplishing the long term objectives as well as target of the business and also to solve several
issues of the workers related to the work. A person that has mutual goal and interest and also
specialization are focused informing a team for long term achievement of the objectives and
goals of the business are belong to this category of the culture.

Person culture: Person culture refers to the workers feeding crucial in the commercial
business and this type of the culture of the business in which workers are more concentrated
towards their own betterment instead of the goals and objectives of business. So in this culture of
the business objectives and targets of the workers to come daily to the office and earn money
nothing more than that.
Role culture: Role culture means to the culture of the business where the workers are
delegated their responsibilities as well as rules in accordance to their expertise, specialization,
educational qualification and their mutual interest in accordance to get appropriate outcome from
them (Hwang, Tu, C.T. and Kuo, 2022).
In relation to the respective organization Tesco plc management is focused in offering
appropriate as well as suitable and also optimistic culture to their workers for the goal of
enhancing their level of productivity as well as performance. Leaders as well as managers of the
business is offering appreciation and rewards to their workers that can provide assistance to
employees in bringing optimistic mindset and motivation in the business for the goal of
achieving there long term business goals.
Politics:
Politics of the workforce is known to be the politics that comes at the time when workers
are not appropriately using their authorization and power and they are misleading it in
accordance to gain their personal benefit and also other type of advantages in the business
(Innocent, and KAHARI, 2022). In addition to this worker that are involved in the politics of the
business that supports them to enhance their reputation in accordance to gain their personal
advantage and also desires to come in good books of their seniors and higher level management
of the business:
Demotivate employees: Few of the workers that are functioning business and working
with low productivity level and still get up appreciation as well as appraisal by the leaders of the
managers of the business. In this type of the situation where are few of the individual that are
functioning really hard in order to achieve the goals as well as objectives of the business does
not get recognition as well as appreciation that they deserve so because of this it can lead to their
low productivity as well as d motivation towards functioning of the task.
Decreased productivity: There are few workers that are involved in the politics of the
business and does not focus then completing their tasks in a given period of I and they are also

not getting appropriate attention and appreciation from there seniors and they are not giving their
best in their jobs as well. These type of people are more involved in the gossips of the office and
workers are not able to suit every focus in the objectives and goals of the business.
In relation to the leaders of managers of the Tesco plc, they focus in making sure that
there are no politics that can influence the productivity and performance of the business
negatively and in accordance to avoid the negative politics details crucial for the business in
order to enhance the level of satisfaction of the workers so that they avoid other things.
Moreover today’s transparency is the another technique that can be opted by the leaders and
managers of a Tesco which provides support to them in overriding the politics of the business
and also offer suitable understanding and knowledge to the workers regarding all the dcn of the
business (Jogie, 2022).
P2. Evaluation of ways in which content and process theories of motivation and motivational
techniques which enable achievement of goals in context of organisation
Motivation: Motivation means to the method and process of influencing other people for
the goal of accomplishing the targets and objectives of the business. In addition to this it is one
of the crucial element that motivates an individual in accordance to make them give there more
effort and also permits and support them to achieve the long term objectives as well as target of
the business. Motivation provide support in increasing the level of productivity and performance
of a person and it also modified the behaviour and Attitude of the worker towards the business.
And this also supports in changing the idea as well as the opinion of the workers towards
resisting the change and it also minimises the turnover rate of the workers as well.
Motivational theories:
Content theory: This theory of the motivation is the framework that is basically concentrated on
the level of motivation and it involves several elements that is required as well as field by the
individuals. In this model of motivation it is entirely based on the idea of encouraging the people
and level of motivation in the individual that comes with gaining of the things that they basically
required. There are several framework that is to be consider in this theory of motivation and
these are described in brief.
Maslow hierarchy of needs: This model is basically concentrating on every person on the planet
that share similar kind of requirements as well as desires and all the needs of a person have its
own hierarchy. In addition to this these hierarchy in 5 states that basically means to the 5

requirements of people that assist to enhance the level of encouragement as well as motivation of
an individual (Kramar, 2022). This model involves majorly 5 requirements that are described
below in brief:
 Physiological needs
 Safety needs
 Belongingness needs
 Esteem needs
 Self-actualisation
McClelland theory:
 Achievement
 Affiliation
 Power
Process theory: This model of need is is basically a framework of motivation in which a
person is more concentrated on how in motivation and this model is entirely based on
psychological process rather than of what is required by the individual. In addition to news
process theory provide support to evaluating as well as understanding action, an interaction that
entirely encourages and motivates the behaviour as well as attribute of a person (Magnusson,
and Werner, 2022). Few of the theories that is required to be involved in the process theory of
motivation are described below.
Vroom's expectancy theory: This theory states that attitude and behaviour of an
individual can be give the outcome of several different option among alternatives for the goal of
increasing the desire as well as also reducing the pain of a person. Basically involves several
elements data as follows.
 Valence
 Expectancy
 Instrumentality
Adam's equity theory: This model basically pay more emphasis on the people that
maintaining the optimistic as well as suitable relationship among the rewards as well as
performance if it is compared with the other individuals. In addition to this employees and
workers might get demotivated with their job role and the workers in this circumstance in which

there work is more if it is compared to the dote and earnings. This basically involves 3 major
kind of exchange relationship that are described below:
 Overpaid Inequity
 Underpaid inequity
 Equity
P3. Explanation of things which make an team effective and ineffective
Groups are known as the team of a person better more than 2 and that are linked together for
achieving the specific goals (Ņikadimovs, 2022). The management of the business may increase
the level of productivity which will lead to arrangement in the profitability as well if they are his
existence of effectual team in the business.
Ineffective teams - This type of tea might not be helpful and might not possess goal or motive.
The goals as well as objectives of these type of grooves are not guided clearly and as there are
enhanced level of opportunities which are there and increasing the problems as well as shoes in
this type of the group. These teams are not sufficient for the achievement of the goals as well as
objectives of the business Tesco plc as this can have the major influence on the productivity of
the business.
Effective teams - These teams are known to be those that have clear motives as well as goals
and the candidates of this team have the effectual motive to achieve all the objectives as well as
task in an effective as well as efficient way. This is beneficial for the long term sustainability and
success of the business Tesco plc.
Tuckman Theory of team development
 Forming - It is known as the common element of the theory of team development and in
this stage the groups are provided with actions as well as project which they need to
function. And there are several kind of activities that is basically involved at the different
points which are gathering of the information, making strategies as well as planning and
there are several kind of the people that have come from different prospect that come as
well as get time in order to interact among each other (Rashid, and et.al., 2022).
 Storming – In this stage of the tuckman theory of team development the formed groups
because on sharing their ideas as well as opinion among each other in order to implement
the working of the task in an effective as well as efficient way. As every member of the

team focus in providing their idea through which there are enhanced terms of
opportunities of the problems among the people as well.
 Norming- In this component management will manage their own work with the
appropriate activities which are observed and maintain on the laws as well as policies of
the business through which they may be get Work upon.
 Performing- This element is evaluated through hi section of knowledge, different set of
skills, motivation as well as competency.
 Adjourning- It is known to be the last element of the team development theory where the
task or the project is implemented and all the members of the group are basically
separated (Rees, Taylor, and Damm, 2022).
Management of the team is a crucial factor that will provide support to the associates in order to
implement as well as achieve the long term task and functions of the business in the effective as
well as efficient way. In addition to this managers or leader of the business Tesco plc are
required to assure that they are focused in making the group that are more effective as well as
efficient and it involves every type of specialization and expertise section. Management of the
group will provide assistance to managing as well as dealing with appropriately with various
type of the different project and the conflict management is also known to be the crucial element
which is resolved with it..
P4. Application of philosophies of organisational behaviour within context of organisation and
business situation
Path Goal Theory
Path goal theory will focus on several style of leadership with the appropriate goal to achieve the
objectives of the business (Whyte, and Emeka, 2022).
Categorization of Path Goal Theory
 Employee Characteristics – In context to management of Tesco the higher level
management will increase the capabilities as well as competencies of a person in
accordance to the needs and desires of their candidates through that it can be more
convenient for them to increase their moral consistently for the long period of time which
will help them suitable result on the long term achievement of the business as well as of
the worker. In addition to this it will also have the optimistic behaviour in the business
and it also leads to increase in the level of moral of the candidates in order to make them

function towards the long term goals as well as objectives of the business (Wontorczyk,
and Rożnowski, 2022).
 Leadership Behaviour – In this element of the path goal theory the managers or leaders
of the respective organization Tesco plc will focus on opting one of the best as well as
efficient way of maintaining the employees at the time when they are aware regarding the
candidates of the business as well as of other elements of the organization. In addition to
this it will have the crucial effect on the leaders or managers of the business Tesco plc
that might conveniently achieve their short term as well as long term targets and
objectives in the efficient as well as effective way and also in the given period of time
(Zhao, and et.al., 2022).
The leaders or the executive of the respective business organization management of
Tesco plc will focus on obtain one of the most crucial type of the style of the organization which
is also name as the participative management style.
CONCLUSION
From the above report it has been concluded that behaviour of the organization is the set
and research of the individual that are functioning in the business effectively and efficiently and
it also provide assistance in researching regarding the attribute and behaviour of the people in the
business. It will also assist the managers or the executive of the business in order to influence the
attitude. Of the workers as well in addition to this there are several kind of theory of motivation
that involves content as well as process theory that can be implemented by the higher level
management of the business in accordance to increase the moral and level of motivation of the
workers in order to make them work with more dedication in the organisation.

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